{"id":308,"date":"2024-11-16T14:23:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T14:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/former-premier-seeks-foreign-ministers-ouster-over-turkey-talks\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T14:23:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T14:23:25","slug":"former-premier-seeks-foreign-ministers-ouster-over-turkey-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/former-premier-seeks-foreign-ministers-ouster-over-turkey-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Former premier seeks foreign minister\u2019s ouster over Turkey talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1253745\">\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\/2024\/11\/Samaras_Karamanlis_intime-320x200.jpg?v=1731766651\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Samaras_Karamanlis_intime.jpg?v=1731766650\" alt=\"Former premier seeks foreign minister\u2019s ouster over Turkey talks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Samaras_Karamanlis_intime-960x600.jpg?v=1731766651\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Intime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Former premier Antonis Samaras has called on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to oust his foreign affairs chief, George Gerapetritis, for allegedly giving in to Turkish demands in ongoing talks aimed at maintaining a positive momentum between Athens and Ankara.<\/p>\n<p>Samaras, a hardline conservative who served as PM from 2012 to 2015, has in recent months openly criticized the government, questioning both the ideological direction of his own party and its policy on Turkey, which he perceives as too soft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe permanent appeasement of Turkish challenges is not a centrist policy. In this case, those who declare that in the name of \u2018friendship and tranquility\u2019 with Turkey they don\u2019t mind \u2018being labeled an appeaser\u2019 must be sent home,\u201d Samaras said in an interview with To Vima newspaper\u2019s Sunday edition.<\/p>\n<p>While Samaras did not name Gerapetritis, his comment was a clear reference to a statement the foreign minister made last October: \u201cI don\u2019t care if they call me an appeaser\u2026 If I am to leave a great legacy for my country for the next generations, a neighborhood that will be calm, a confident, stable, proud Greece, let them call me an appeaser,\u201d he told Skai radio.<\/p>\n<p>Samaras also put forward Kostas Karamanlis, another conservative former prime minister, for president when incumbent Katerina Sakellaropoulou\u2019s term expires in 2025.<\/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\/1253745\/former-premier-seeks-fms-ouster-over-turkey-talks\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intime News] Former premier Antonis Samaras has called on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to oust his foreign affairs chief, George Gerapetritis, for allegedly giving in to Turkish demands in ongoing talks aimed at maintaining a positive momentum between Athens and Ankara. 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