The Turkish president underlines that 9 agreements have been signed with Italy: an economic exchange target of 25 billion dollars in 2022
Ankara – During the interview in Ankara, the Turkish president Recep Tayyp Erdogan assures the Italian premier Mario Draghi which will convince Turkish President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin. This is the first step to open the grain corridors in the Black Sea and prevent the crisis from starving Africa. The implication that links the blocked export of cereals to the uncontrolled increase in immigration emerges in the subsequent words of both leaders. Turkey is the gateway to Europe on the Eastern Front.
Erdogan can open and close it at will. And he is keen to underline this when he blames Greece for the tripled flows. “It has begun to be a danger for Italy as well.” For the Turkish president, Athens’ push-back policy pushes refugees to head directly to Italy. And it is with a certain malice that Erdogan then asks Draghi for a comment.
The reply is rough: «The management of migration flows it must be humane, fair and effective but also an open country like Italy has limits and we have arrived there “. The premier responds to Turkish solicitations on Greece, but it is as if he were sending a message also to Italy, to Matteo Salvini, who has returned to lash the government, in a newfound competition with the leader of the M5S Giuseppe Conte. «Our behavior is extraordinary, we are the most open country from this point of view but we cannot be open without limits. At a certain point we can’t take it anymore ».
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