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The multilateral political and diplomatic “chess” culminates in the context of events in the eastern Mediterranean, with all parties involved sending their own messages, after a particularly hot summer in the region in general and with a view to the next milestone, its Summit. . EU. at the end of the week.
The indications of the last days point to a de-escalation, however, the “bilingualism” shown by Ankara keeps Athens on alert, despite the fact that preparations for exploratory contacts between the two parties seem to be in the final stretch.
Ankara’s messages are mixed
Turkey, however, continues to send ambiguous messages at the highest level, as clearly reflected in President Erdogan’s statements. Just yesterday, saturday, himself returned with statements about “space in diplomacy” to resolve disputes, however, 24 hours before the declarations again he was not lacking in threatening rhetoric, with references to Kastellorizo.
Indicative is, after all, the Today’s statement by the representative of the Turkish Presidency, Ibrahim Kalin, who responded to the intervention of Emanuel Macron. The French president in a movement with clear symbolism, posted a tweet in turkish on saturday, noting, among other things, that “Turkey seems to have received the message” sent by the South Summit and Brussels, calling for the resumption of dialogue.
The Ankara spokesman, in clear reference to the Summit, stressed that “Turkey is not intimidated by threats and sanctions”, while adding that Emanuel Macron “does not read international politics correctly.”
Visit Pompeo and Germany
At the same time, the United States and Germany have intensified their mediation efforts. Donald Trump’s initiative, with communications with Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Tayyip Erdogan a few weeks ago, was not an isolated event.
This is also demonstrated by Mike Pompeo’s visit to Greece next week, which was revealed by “K”.
The arrival of the head of the State Department, which is also related to the military cooperation between the two countries – which is why he will also visit Souda – is absolutely related to Washington’s desire to calm the tension, while he will probably meet Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
It is also recalled that he recently made a surprise visit to Cyprus.
In short, Washington appears to have taken a much more active role in reducing tensions of late.
Berlin (and Angela Merkel herself) is firmly at the forefront of the movements, retaining the EU presidency. until the end of the year.
It is characteristic, in this direction, that high-level diplomatic consultations have recently been held under German mediation, with the aim of preparing the ground for the talks between Athens and Ankara.
