Greek-Turkish: Movements that “consolidate” the escalation between Athens – Ankara
The incident with the harassment of the French research ship Nautical Geo and the strong protest of the Greek side reflect the difficult situation in Greek-Turkish that despite the worded divergence expression, it turns out every day that it is difficult to achieve in practiceGreek-Turkish analysts argue that the reference to Turkish foreign policy and its attempt to redefine regional forces such as the Egypt, the Israel but also the United Arab Emirates forces her Turkey to maintain a pole where she constantly expresses her aggression and that is none other than the dipole Athens and NicosiaThe
To this should be added the irritation caused in Ankara by the armament program of Athens as well as the diplomatic moves with the traditional allies (USA, Europe) in North Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia) but also the cooperation schemes with Israel, Egypt, United Arab EmiratesThe
Turkey has chosen to support it at all costs Turkish-Libyan pact and this finds tangible application in harassment of the research ship ‘Nautical Geo(Under the flag of Malta) which has been trying for the last 24 hours to conduct investigations in an area east of Crete, in the context of the mapping of the possible course of the pipeline East MedThe The ship is traded by warships every time it is beyond Greek territorial waters (6 nautical miles) in an attempt to cancel Greek sovereign rights in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the region. In essence, Ankara considers that through the Turkish-Libyan Pact the Turkish continental shelf occupies a large part of the Greek and Cypriot continents and through the warships and Navtex it issues, it tries to impose its own point of view.
Erdogan’s dissatisfaction with EUMED9 messages
In Ankara, Erdogan appeared annoyed by what European leaders said at a conference in Athens. “In the meeting of the 9 countries, unwanted statements were made. “Of course the Foreign Ministry answered us,” said the Turkish President. «We will see how sincere they are in what they said and how much they will resist. Turkey is nobody’s gatekeeper. We must see from them the honest steps in front of us. “If we do not see, we will take the necessary decision and take the steps,” said the Turkish president.
In the meantime o Tayyip ErdoganHe talked about a possible meeting with him Kyriako Mitsotaki in New York and in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, with Athens, however, clarifying that it has not been submitted no request for a Mitsotaki-Erdogan meeting, Maximou has not accepted such a request from the Turkish side either. Besides, the date of arrival of Kyriakos Mitsotakis coincides with the date of departure of Tayyip Erdogan, while the Prime Minister himself in the press conference during the TIF had hinted that no such meeting is planned.
In New York, on the other hand, they will have a private meeting with the UN Secretary General Nikos Anastasiadis and Ersin Tatar all three are going to stay in flavor that is not expected to take place during the week. He also goes to New York Nikos Dendias who is not expected to meet with his counterpart Mevlüt Tsavousoglu, while stagnation prevails in the issue of research contacts, since Ankara, which is expected to host the next round of the meeting between the two sides, has not yet finalized films with Athens.