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Clarifications on the exact reasons for your mooring Oruc Reis given Wednesday night by the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Tsavousoglu, noting that the operations of the Turkish research vessel have not been completed in the Eastern Mediterranean, while he did not hesitate to once again leave clear points about the attitude of Athens.
Sir. Tsavousoglou He transmitted, in particular, what was said during the teleconference held by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel.
Tsavousoglou characteristically said:
“Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel today in a teleconference that the mooring of the research vessel Oruts Reyes for maintenance work does not mean that its operations in the eastern Mediterranean have ended.”
“Oruch Reyes returned to Antalya on Sunday and this was done in order to do routine maintenance,” the Turkish Foreign Minister added in an interview with CNN Turk, quoting Turkey’s Ministry of Energy as saying that “the boat maintenance may take a few weeks. “
“After the maintenance is finished, we will continue our activities with determination“He added.
Tsavousoglu’s words confirm the article in the official newspaper “Yeni Safak” published on Wednesday morning, according to which Oruc Reis is expected to return to the Eastern Mediterranean, to “scan” the region in a diagonal direction, that is, southeast to northwest.
He also insisted that Turkey has not completed its investigation in the area, recalling that Yavuz and Barbaros are already in the Eastern Mediterranean.
“The Greek Cypriot sector and Greece have signed agreements with Israel and Egypt and for years they have continued their activities by granting licenses to various companies in their regions. They tried to exclude Turkey. We saw that our warnings were not heeded in any way and we started our activities with our own drilling rigs. We took these steps because they ignored our rights. Even now, our president said it: we are sitting (that is, at the same table) with everyone except the Greek Cypriot sector. “As our chairman at Merkel said, ‘We reserve our rights,'” continued Turkey’s foreign minister.
And a new attack on Greece
Based on what Mr. Tsavousoglou told CNN Turk does not arise, in any case, any signs of “relaxation” of aggressive rhetoric by Ankara.
His statement about the attitude of Athens is typical, after all:
First of all, Greece must abandon its maximalist behavior with these statements, we say that we can negotiate with everyone. When Greece begins to set conditions, we also have conditions. We also have positions and requests for discussion. Greece must also meet our own conditions. Choosing one and saying that I am discussing it means that they do not know the scope of the discussions or that they do not want to find a solution to other problems. Its position is weak. It is a mechanism where we can talk about how to solve problems with agreements or they cannot be solved with agreements. It is useful to discuss them as a package, not to choose one. We have made sincere proposals for the solution of the existing problems with Greece. We showed good intentions, but Greece did not accept it ”.
“I do not expect sanctions”
“Turkey is really a very important player, both in ‘spoiling the game’ and in ‘setting it up.’ There is no exclusion. There have been many meetings in the EU and Greece has not been able to make the decisions it wanted. France was left alone with the Greek Cypriots and Greece. If we take each country separately we will see that they do not want sanctions to be imposed on Turkey, especially Germany. But in the end, if they have to choose, they choose Greece as a sign of solidarity with a member. Greece, together with the Greek Cypriot side, is holding the EU hostage and says that “if it does not support our decisions, we will veto the decision on Belarus.” We must be realistic. We have to prepare for the worst case scenario, but I don’t expect a decision to impose sanctions. “
Threats to the Greek islands and defiance of the Treaty of Lausanne
In fact, Turkey’s foreign minister raised the issue again. demilitarization of the islands and accused Greece that “transport heavy weapons to the islands».
“First of all, saying that we don’t set up the islands is not an honest approach. They have been arming the islands since 1974. There has been no attack on these islands from Turkey in any way. If there is a military movement from Turkey, your team will not help.. If they say “we don’t equip them” while everyone knows it, then there is nothing to do. “They tried to convince us as a great success that we gave the islands that are right next to us, but unfortunately we see it (ss refers to the Kemalists who for years consider the Treaty of Lausanne as a success of the new Turkey),” he said .
“Greece said later that it was a routine reorganization (troop) movement. There are heavy weapons there. There are weapons that do not comply with the agreements. After all, sometimes we take precautions with ships and planes when required by the violations that are produce. “After the Imia crisis, there have been no changes in the status quo and rapes on these islands,” Tsavousoglou continued.
Note:
“We will continue to keep it (the issue of the demilitarization of the islands) in the news of the international community. “One of the purposes of the talks is to solve this problem.”
For the role of Germany and France
In his interview, Mr. Tsavousoglou revealed the role of Germany and France, describing two diametrically opposite images.
As he said, “Merkel is more conscientious, constructive and objective, recognizing that we are right. Merkel has always shown a more determined attitude towards immigration. She will also transport immigrants from Mytilene to her country.” Europe has a different attitude than France. ” .
France’s problem is leading Europe. It also boasts being a leader in the Middle East. It failed first in Syria, second in Libya. They supported Haftar and failed on the battlefield. They turned out to be liars in the Eastern Mediterranean, they couldn’t prove it to NATO (ss refers to the naval incident between France and Turkey off Libya).
France has its own agenda, but we see that Germany does not participate in it. With the reason that we have, if they have to choose between Greece and Turkey, they will choose Greece. There are target countries and Germany is the first.
