New blackmails, conditions and committed by T. Erdogan with the “backs” of Berlin

The benevolent “mediators” are trying to make Cyprus and Greece a weapon of Erdogan’s cold blackmail, after Berlin offered the Turkish leader a free field for two months, now they are asking Athens and Nicosia to show resistance and accept as normal the violation of the UN resolutions on Varosia, the renewal of the presence of Barbaros in the Cypriot EEZ but also the unacceptable conditions established by Ankara for the resumption of exploratory contacts.

German Chancellor H. Maas should normally cancel his tour next Tuesday and Wednesday in the three capitals and go only to Ankara as Erdogan with his movements is not only trying to show his fist in Greece and Cyprus, but seems to ignore ostentatious and insulting to the entire EU. and Germany itself, which last week shared … “assurances” that Ms Merkel has obtained assurances from Erdogan of a reduction in escalation in the eastern Mediterranean to avoid a decision to impose sanctions on Turkey.

Instead, Turkey (after withdrawing the Yavuz, which should have already returned to its base for maintenance work) made a provocative and psychological move, moving towards realizing threats to the settlement of Varosia that dispel any hope of resumption. with serious prospects for talks on the Cyprus issue. And wanting to make a show of force one day after N. Dendias’s meeting with M. Tsavousoglou and while the completion of the resumption of exploratory contacts is pending, he is in charge of torpedoing the weather with the removal of Barbaros (which was initially considered its withdrawal). from the east to the south-west of the island, issuing a new illegal NAVTEX for investigations until 9 November in an area covering parcels 6 and 7 of the Cyprus EEZ.

But also with regard to Greece, Ankara has demanded that three conditions be accepted in order to initiate exploratory contacts. According to the information, these three terms are:

– The public and official denunciation of the so-called Seville Charter,

accept the discussion and approach to the issue of the demilitarization of the islands, and

– suspension / cancellation of exercises during conversations.

It is obvious that Greece, which has never used the so-called Map of Seville, represents (in the context of a general map of the EEZs of European countries) the Greek maritime zones at their furthest point, calculating the total influence of all the islands Greeks (although the Charter states that these are hypothetical outer limits of the European EEZ), it has absolutely no reason to make such a statement. Because it will be Greece’s resignation from its main negotiating document before the negotiations begin …

However, the right to full partial influence of the Greek islands and specifically of Kastelorizo, if there is no agreement between the two parties, will not be decided by Mr. Erdogan or Mr. Tsavousoglou, but by the DD of The Hague. Of course, the public statement of Prime Minister K. Mitsotakis in a recent interview on the illegal activity of Oruc Reis on a “claimed unlimited continental shelf” is the most flexible wording that Greece can adopt on this matter, since it practically recognizes that without a demarcation agreement claims “and not” rights. “

It is out of the question that (any) Greek government accepts a debate on the issue of the demilitarization of the islands for reasons that are obvious and can only be explained by the existence of the casus belli and the repeated statements of the Turkish leaders that are disputed. and now direct claims are being made for the Greek islands and islets.

As far as the exercises are concerned, it is a constant persecution of Turkey, the finlanization of the Aegean, its promotion as a sea of ​​special conditions and of course the Turkish Armed Forces have depth of land and other seas (Black Sea) to be trained , in contrast to the Greek ones. Armed Forces, which in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean up to Kastelorizo ​​are not simply exercised, but rather defend national security and integrity. And the acceptance of the Turkish proposal would practically lead to the acceptance of the demand for the non-inclusion of the Aegean islands in the planning of exercises with the claim of the demilitarization obligation.

Last night, Cypriot Foreign Minister N. Christodoulidis had a telephone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian and informed him about the new illegal Turkish NAVTEX, but also about the opening of part of the Varosia waterfront from the Turkish side, but also about New illegal Turkish NAVTEX for seismic studies of the Turkish research vessel Barbaros within the Cypriot EEZ from 10 October to 9 November.

Le Drian was briefed after yesterday’s (early Greek time) debate on Varos at the UN Security Council, of which France is a permanent member, and at the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg on Monday . .

The new Turkish NAVTEX:

TURNHOS N / W: 1257/20 (Antalya NAVTEX Station) (Date of publication: 10-09-2020 19:42)

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33 55.20 N – 031 29.40 E
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