The Kurdish leader has to be granted the right of asylum. The duty of Greece is to host calan. If Greece hosts calan, it will be the only European country to obtain the understanding and support of the other European countries. This is Greece s duty and responsibility. This is a mission that history has given to Greece in Europe and the East Mediterranean.
Turkey is extremely sensitive to the calan issue.
This is a major source of grief in Turkey and Greece has to make its attitude on the PKK and calan very clear . Not the Kurds, but the PKK should be declared as terrorist. We have to go back in time a little bit. We have to go back before 21 January 1999. Our party leadership was in Greece during the unfolding of these events.