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In NATO pressure lock Greece is ready to accept a process of dialogue, which ultimately favors and secures Turkey’s legal claims in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.
De-escalation …
Information reaching Athens from Today’s debate at the NATO Permanent Representatives level in Brussels, reports that there has been pressure from all states for dialogue and the reduction of tensions.
In fact, Turkey and Greece asked almost all the countries that spoke with the current NATO political committee to lower the tension immediately, while Secretary General Stoltenberg, according to the information, reiterated that NATO’s only objective is the reduction of escalation.
With the vehicle of the “de-escalation” but without demonstrating the specific responsibility of Turkey in the escalation of tension, Greece is under pressure from the North Atlantic allies
Alliance to join the discussions that Jens Stoltenberg had essentially announced beforehand, satisfying Ankara and shocking Athens.
Germany on the Stoltenberg line
It is worth noting the role of Germany, which is essentially moving in the same direction as the Secretary General of NATO.
According to a European source, during the meeting of NATO Permanent Representatives in Brussels, Germany continued with the policy of equal distances and stated that if the dialogue between the two countries, Greece and Turkey, mediates, it cannot take a position.
Essentially in the name of avoiding the hot-button episode and the military involvement caused by Turkey, Athens is being pressured to initiate military talks with Turkey, in the context of the Jens Stoltenberg package, for an immediate de-escalation in the eastern Mediterranean.
It should be noted that the debate at the military level promoted by the NATO leader – and with the consent of Turkey – does not allow Greece to set terms and discussion framework exclusively for the delimitation of maritime zones (continental shelf and EEZ).
In this context, Turkey is favored, which raises questions of even a revision of international treaties on the sovereignty of the Aegean islands.
On the contrary, Greece at the political level has the opportunity to establish the conditions for the start of dialogue. 
There is no dialogue with Oruc Reis
In this sense, during today’s discussion in NATO, which was provoked at the request of Greece, the Greek side, according to the information, stressed the need to start talks at any level, political or military, for the immediate withdrawal of all Turkish military. ships, including the Oruc Reis, from mainland Greece.
At the same time, he clarified that Greece is always ready for dialogue, based on international law, without threats and blackmail by Turkey and with the only difference between the two parties.
At the same time, Greece invoked, with the support of some other NATO member states, Article 1 of NATO’s founding act, pointing out that Turkey’s rhetoric and actions contradict its content and therefore the principles. of the Charter of the United Nations. on avoiding the threat or use of force in international relations.
According to Greek sources, today’s discussion at NATO was a particularly useful opportunity to inform the Alliance member states in detail about the illegal and provocative actions of a member like Turkey at the expense of NATO’s own security and cohesion.
According to the same sources, the Greek side made an extensive presentation of Turkish crime in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, highlighting the Turkish fault and the impact on the security of the southern wing of the Alliance.
The response to Stoltenberg’s proposals
Tomorrow will take place the meeting of the military representatives on the technical document presented by the NATO Military Committee in order to disconnect the Greek and Turkish forces in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Greek side will submit its comments on Stoltenberg’s proposals to the NATO Secretariat.
At a time when NATO, led by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Germany, follows a line of equal distances, calling for de-escalation and dialogue, according to the Turkish press, has ordered the Turkish Navy to proceed with “protection” . Reis.
And all this at a time when Greece and common sense are clear that any dialogue with Turkey presupposes the departure of the Oruc Reis and the warships that accompany it from the Eastern Mediterranean region. 
Fire to protect Oruc Reis
the Milliyet article “President Erdogan ordered the warships: it is time to act,” he said, adding that during yesterday’s meeting of the Council of Ministers in Turkey, Turkey’s measures against the actions of Greece and France were put on the table. in the East. Mediterranean and Aegean.
During the meeting, Erdogan himself instructed his teacher Oruc Reis on how to handle any problems that might arise and what steps to take in the event of an attack.
“According to the same information, he ordered the warships protecting Oruc Reis not to open fire first, while giving them instructions on what to do in the event of an attack.”
The newspaper also notes that events in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean were evaluated at a cabinet meeting the day before yesterday. At the same time, while discussing that Greece had raised the issue of tension in the Eastern Mediterranean before the UN Security Council, Turkey finally came to the conclusion that it does not matter to discuss the issue on this platform, as it is correct. . . Turkey has said that it “only trusts itself.”
The session also evaluated the actions of France, which supports Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean. It was also highlighted that the UN did not take any position on this issue and was only in favor of solving the problems in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean through diplomacy.
The French and the “illegal patrols” in Kastelorizo
At the same time, the propaganda of the Turkish press is furious, spreading false news about illegal patrols in Kastellorizo of the Greek Armed Forces, with the help of the French.
With the provocative caption “Greece will not stand still: heavily equipped Zodiac ships are conducting illegal patrols in Kastelorizo”, Turkish officer Yeni Safak is “upset” by the presence of speedboats of the Greek army in the waters of Kastelorizo.
“Athens, with the support of France, is increasing tension in the eastern Mediterranean. Greece has increased its military mobility on the island of Kastelorizo, which is the part closest to Turkey and must be unarmed. Greek soldiers settled in the Kastelorizo Island, located 2.1 km from Kas in Antalya prefecture. “Trucks carrying special forces appeared on the island, while it was observed that they were maintaining military positions,” the publication said, among other things.
Faithfully following the Ankara line for Kastelorizo, the Yeni safak, and most of the Turkish media, methodically points to the small island, creating a “climate” in the Turkish public opinion, strongly reminiscent of σκη Imia. 
The fourth with Macron in Corsica
In fact, at a time when Turkey continues to target Greece and France together, the fourth meeting of the Greek prime minister and the French president takes place tomorrow in Corsica, in the context of the scenarios for the signing of defense-military cooperation. .
However, in the one-on-one meeting between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Emmanuel Macron, no signatures are expected, only the already advanced discussions on the defense cooperation agreement between the two countries will continue, while questions of armament and naval cooperation between Greece will be raised. and France.
It is recalled that the four Mitsotakis and Macron are being held on the sidelines of the summit of the seven countries of Southern Europe (MED-7) France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Malta.
At this MED-7 summit, the Greek Prime Minister awaits a joint statement, corresponding to the last EU summit, condemning the Turkish provocation in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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