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The Greek armed forces are on red alert for the next 24 hours as Kastelorizo has been attacked by Turkey.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan responds to the strong messages of the Med7 conference and Greece-France strategic alliance with a new escalation of intensity.
The President of Turkey threatens to expand NAVTEX to Oruc Reis, not only within the Greek continental shelf but at the borders of Greek territorial waters in the area of the Megisti complexes (Kastelorizo, Rhodes).
In asks what will be the response of Greece in case the Oruc Reis goes to 6 nautical miles, and if the order will be “you sank the Oruc Reis” the Minister of State George Gerapetritis responded to the “Parapolitika”: “No one is going to enter our territorial waters.” The Greek Armed Forces are fully prepared to handle any such crisis and the Greek political leadership is not going to make any concessions to their sovereignty. “
On Sunday, September 13, which is the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Kastelorizo, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, it is not ruled out that the “sultan” may seek a communication show in an attempt to show power.
Fear of harassment from Sakellaropoulou’s escape
HE mobilization in the Ministry of National Defense for the transfer of the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, in Kastelorizo Sunday morning is great.
According to the information, the President of the Republic will travel to Rhodes at 10 am and from there it is expected that he will go to Kastelorizo in a Chinook helicopter.
HE concern about possible harassment of your helicopter Katerina Sakellaropoulou, as has happened to other officers, is great. Thus, the air force will have ready an air force flying radar, as well as two-quarters of the Greek F-16 fighters that will immediately get up and fly alongside it, until landing at Kastelorizo.
The same is expected to happen even when the President of the Republic has arrived on the island, has begun her speech and the overflights over the island have begun.
Endless challenges of Ankara
Turkey continues to provoke with inflammatory statements that go beyond diplomatic language. Defense Minister Hulusi Akar asked Greece to remain silent.
“Those who plot against Turkey, as in the past, will be devastated today. To reduce tension (in the Eastern Mediterranean) it is enough that some remain silent. They don’t need to do anything, just be quiet. ” Akar said.
The Turkish Defense Minister characteristically said: “We strongly advise our neighboring Greece not to allow them to use it in the interests of certain countries and not to become their ‘meze’ (ss their aperitif) for this purpose.”
At the same time, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy called on Athens to abandon its “maximalist positions” on the marine waters issue. Ankara maintains a high tone, stating that the Oruc Reis is sailing “in areas under Turkish jurisdiction, accompanied by Turkish warships.” It even launched a new Navtex, thus compromising a maritime zone north of Cyprus for live fire exercises.
See the map with the area occupied by Turkey to the north of Cyprus:
Provocations of Tsavousoglou in the European Parliament
KINAL MEP Nikos Androulakis had a verbal incident with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Tsavousoglu during his second speech to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament.
As Androulakis said on CNN Greece, the Turkish minister was invited by the Commission on Thursday and participated in the meeting by teleconference.
However, he far exceeded the time allotted for his speech, with the result that there was no dialogue between the minister and the MEPs, as was the purpose of his invitation, but that Mr Tsavousoglou made a long monologue not to allow, as says Mr Androulakis, asking questions of MEPs.
In particular, the Turkish Foreign Minister spoke for almost 45 minutes, when the usual time for the prologue is five and for the deuterology three minutes.
When the KINAL MEP vigorously protested this fact, Mevlüt Çavuşolgü responded provocatively: “If you don’t like what I am saying, go away.” As a result, Nikos Androulakis replied that “there is a dialogue here and not a monologue.”
In addition to this episode, at the beginning of Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu’s speech, a counterfeit European Union flag appeared on a screen in the room – next to which it appeared – whose stars formed the crescent, as in the Turkish flag. This also provoked reactions.
Mr Tsavousoglu’s excuse that this is the emblem Ankara uses for its EU accession process was not convincing and the flag was eventually removed (see main photo).
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Diplomatic “fever” in the context of the Mediterranean
At the same time, diplomatic processes continue in Athens. HE MED-7 conference in Corsica it has had diplomatic success for Greece and Cyprus for two reasons. First, because it was confirmed Greece – France strategic alliance doctrine which is a matter of 2-3 weeks to lead to the signing of an extended defense agreement with a deterrent clause against Turkey. France’s President Emmanuel Macron referred to the “Pax Mediterranea” (Peace in the Mediterranean) at the end of the conference, sending the message that Paris has strategically chosen the side that will support the Mediterranean, Greece, but also that it is a superpower, as old with Pax Romana and Pax Americana. Second, because he recorded it change of countries from the position of neutrality and equal distances that they have maintained until now, in sending strong messages to Ankara. The seven leaders said after the informal Council of Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) in August that if Turkey did not end unilateral activities, the EU was ready to draw up a list of additional restrictive measures that could be strengthened and discussed in the European Council. . from September 24 to 25, 2020.
It is recalled that the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, called from Corsica to Turkey Refrain from naval activities and research in unlimited maritime zones and return to the table of exploratory conversations, from which he started in 2016. “If we do not agree, there is always the solution of the Court of The Hague,” he stressed.
Chancellor Pompeo is visiting Cyprus a few days after the partial lifting of the US arms embargo on Cyprus, where he will meet with Nikos Anastasiadis. It has been preceded by Trump-Pompeo foreign policy talks, which means he is sending messages to the president of the United States to reduce tensions. Concerns about a hot episode are also high in Washington.
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