Petsas: ‘Government is determined to do whatever needs be done to safeguard borders’
File photo: Government spokesman, Stelios Petsas.ANA – MPA
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Government spokesman Stelios Petsas on Saturday stressed that Greece’s “government is determined to do whatever it takes to safeguard our borders,” after the end of a broad meeting at Maximos Mansion on the migration crisis.
On Friday’s mass gathering of refugees at the Evros Greek-Turkish border, Petsas asserted that “yesterday Greece saw a massive, orchestrated, illegal attempt to violate its borders,” and he continued to say that “the country withstood it, protecting its own borders and Europe’s borders.”
“Yesterday we prevented more than 4,000 illegal entries. The 66 that went through are being held and have no relation to the situation in (Syria’s) Idlib,” he added.
Petsas emphasized that “we are strengthening our forces on land and at sea. Police and army forces are being transferred to the Evros region. The Coast Guard forces are being strengthened at the islands, and as of today, we have a total of 52 Coast Guard and Navy vessels patrolling our waters.”
Petsas characteristically said that “the government is determined to do whatever needs be done to guard our borders.”
Source: ΑΝΑ – MPA
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