Androulakis rejects Turkish rights recognition over Greece-Cyprus cable

Remarks in Thessaloniki

Nikos Androulakis, leader of PASOK-KINAL and of the official opposition, attended the festive liturgy at the Church of St Demetrius in Thessaloniki on Monday, 26 October 2026, the feast day of the city's patron saint. Speaking as he left the church, he addressed Turkey and the Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection. Reports from the same morning also linked the day to the anniversary of the city's liberation.

Sovereignty and the Greece-Cyprus cable

Androulakis tied recent developments in the eastern Mediterranean to the need to protect national sovereignty and sovereign rights. He said this requires completing the Greece-Cyprus electrical interconnection solely on the basis of the rules of international law.

“We have a duty to protect our national sovereignty and our sovereign rights.”

No recognition of Turkish rights

He rejected any recognition of Turkish rights, including indirect recognition, saying such rights are not held by Turkey in the first place. He also said the Turkish-Libyan memorandum has no legal value, describing it as illegal.

“No recognition of rights in Turkey, even indirect, will be tolerated, rights that it does not have anyway.”

Wider geopolitical call

Androulakis said every anniversary should prompt a vision of the country's direction in the current geopolitical environment. He listed the strengthening of demographics, regional development, deterrent power and quality democracy as the factors that should reinforce national power.