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Ankara sets conditions that undermine all international mediation efforts, insisting on a hard line and sharp rhetoric.
Specifically, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, demanded the withdrawal of Greek warships from the area where Oruts Reyes is active, support for the NATO initiative, an end to the “militarization” of the islands of the East Aegean and Kastellorizo but also the “cessation of pressure”. the Muslim minority, which he insists on calling “Turkish”.
For his part, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar advised Greece “to remain silent so as not to become a snack for the interests of others.”
As part of the de-escalation efforts, the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, travels today to Cyprus, who yesterday demanded the withdrawal of all warships, but gave the first word of the diplomatic initiatives in Berlin.
Meanwhile, other sources assure that the Berlin mediation had approached an agreement to start a dialogue, something that is finally ruled out as a possibility, due to Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s annoyance at the harsh statements of French President Emanuel Macron.
Source: Diary
