“The
doctrine which says that if Greece is the good child of NATO, USA, EU
will, supposedly, protect its sovereign rights has been completely,
demonstrably and historically bankrupt” said the General Secretary
of the CC of the KKE Dimitris Koutsoumbas during his speech at the Greek Parliament on Wednesday.
Speaking
at the Parliament's Plenary regarding the voting rights of Greeks
abroad, Koutsoumbas accussed both the New Democracy government, as well as the
bourgeois parties of the opposition, that they are all committed to
the doctrine of Greece's participation in the imperialist alliances of
NATO and the EU. The KKE leader blamed the other political forces
that pose a fake dilemma to the Greek people which is “either
regression towards Turkey or conflict and military involvement”.
This dilemma has been highlighted once again these days due to the
“unacceptable agreement between Turkey and Libya”.
As
the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) pointed out, there are significant and rich
hydrocarbon deposits, mainly of natural gas, in the region of the
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. He added that these deposits
consist a matter not only for the bourgeois classes of Greece, Turkey
and other states of the region, but also an issue for big powers such
as the USA, France, Britain, Italy, Germany, Russia, China, which
want to have control over them.
“Our
people must know that these intense competitions regarding who will
seize the wealth of a whole region, lead with mathematical precision
to armed conflicts. Such competitions are behind the long-standing
imperialist interventions in the Middle East, in Northern Africa, in
Libya”, the General Secretary of the KKE said.
Regarding
the stance of the Communist Party, Dimitris Koutsoumbas stressed out:
“Once again, the KKE has a clear position, addresses with
responsibility the workers, the people, the youth as well as our
people abroad: We reject the various fake dilemmas. There must be no
regression whatsoever in Greece's sovereign rights on the part of the
Greek government”.
He
added: “Any negotiation, agreement and settlement with Turkey must
be based on international law, maritime law and sovereign rights. Of
course, developments show that you can't be friends with the
imperialists. We believe that what can shake things up for good and
illuminate another recourse, is the release from the deadly embrace
with NATO. It is the struggle to close all US-NATO bases in our
country, to pave the way for alternatives, in coordination with the
people's movements of the region and the rest of the world, towards
radical changes”.
Dimitris
Koutsoumbas also underlined the position of the KKE is that the
people of Greece, alongside with the people of Turkey and the
region's people, must impose with their struggle the disengagement
from imperialist organisations; this position is the most friendly
one for our people and our countries.