Greek Harassment Of Turkish Jets By S-300S Not Acceptable: Akar
Date
8/30/2022 12:07:48 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Türkiye has said the Greek harassment of the Turkish jets by the
S-300 air defense system over the Aegean is unacceptable, Defense
Minister Hulusi Akar has said, Trend reports citing Hurriyet Daily
News .
“This blunt impertinence and this sort of arrogance are
unacceptable. Our navy, land and air forces will never step back
when they are harassed,” Akar told the reporters on Aug. 29. His
reaction follows consecutive harassment of the Turkish jets by the
Greek warplanes in the past week and by the Crete-based S-300 air
defense systems recently.
“It's unfortunate that this bad neighboring country is
continuing its harassment in different ways. Let me clarify once
again: Our forces will never retreat when they are harassed,” he
stated.
Recalling that Türkiye had to purchase S-400 systems from Russia
after its requests to buy Patriot systems from the U.S. and SAMP/T
from France, Akar draws attention to the fact that Greece is now
using the S-300s against a NATO ally.“This behavior of our bad
neighbor should be seen and explained,” he said.
The defense minister also criticized Greece for misinforming the
public opinion by suggesting they could not identify the Turkish
jets.“The programs were made [at NATO] and posted everywhere. On
Aug. 22, the Turkish jets were supposed to escort the American
warplanes and the Greek ones to do the same a few days later. This
bad neighbor denied all these and even lied by saying, 'We were not
informed,'” Akar stated.
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