{"id":14498,"date":"2026-04-13T14:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/greece-shapes-its-foreign-policy-independently-does-not-accept-instructions\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:20:41","slug":"greece-shapes-its-foreign-policy-independently-does-not-accept-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/greece-shapes-its-foreign-policy-independently-does-not-accept-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece \u2018shapes its foreign policy independently, does not accept instructions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1300820\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ypoyrgeio-320x200.jpg?v=1776087608\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ypoyrgeio.jpg?v=1776087608\" alt=\"Greece \u2018shapes its foreign policy independently, does not accept instructions\u2019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ypoyrgeio-960x600.jpg?v=1776087609\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday responded to remarks by Turkey\u2019s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, stressing that cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Israel is aimed at stability and has \u201ca peaceful purpose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreece shapes its foreign policy independently, it does not accept instructions, nor does it owe explanations to anyone,\u201d the ministry said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ministry added that Greece has consistently worked for peace and good neighborly relations, noting that \u201calarmism and attempts to distort reality are not helpful, especially during this period of regional instability and uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, in an interview with Anadolu News Agency, Fidan criticized the trilateral cooperation, warning it could heighten tensions. He claimed the partnership \u201cdoes not bring more trust, it brings more mistrust,\u201d adding that \u201cit brings more problems and war.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/foreign-policy\/1300820\/foreign-ministry-greece-shapes-its-foreign-policy-independently\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday responded to remarks by Turkey\u2019s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, stressing that cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Israel is aimed at stability and has \u201ca peaceful purpose.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cGreece shapes its foreign policy independently, it does not accept instructions, nor does it owe explanations to anyone,\u201d the ministry said.\u00a0 The &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Greece \u2018shapes its foreign policy independently, does not accept instructions\u2019\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/greece-shapes-its-foreign-policy-independently-does-not-accept-instructions\/#more-14498\" aria-label=\"Read more about Greece \u2018shapes its foreign policy independently, does not accept instructions\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ypoyrgeio-960x600.jpg?v=1776087609","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}