"If they have guts, let them dare challenge one inch of our soil," Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said today (April 4, 2018), addressing officers and conscripts during a military exercise, according to the Greek Reporter website.
Kammenos was referring to numerous recent provocations by Turkey in the Aegean Sea and incendiary statements by the country's dictatorial leaders. He described Turkey as "an opponent that continues to provoke us."
The defense minister was on Ikaria Island where the exercise was taking place. Turkish ships have harassed Greek ships sailing in the Aegean and have blocked attempts by the Cyprus government to dig for oil off the coast of Cyprus during the past two weeks. Both the United Nations and the European Union have condemned Turkey's illegal activities and told it to stop them, but a defiant Turkey continues to carry them out.
"Our opponent's provocations, threats and insults don't scare us and don't weaken us. On the contrary, they make us stronger. Let them challenge one inch [of Greek land], if they dare. The Greeks, united, we will crush them," Kammenos told the men.
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