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Protothema.gr sought the opinion of the deputy Angelos Syrigos and the internationalist Konstantinos Filis, trying to find out how the new crisis with Turkey could develop after Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to send Oruc Reis accompanied by a flotilla of Turkish ships to the area only 6.5 nautical miles from Kastellorizo and 21 miles from Rhodes, in an area where Greece has sovereign rights in maritime zones. “The Oruc Reis investigations will be carried out on a Turkish continental shelf,” said Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu.
Syrigos: Erdogan has been encouraged by the West’s incredible tolerance
“The Greek government has the 35-day compass and is ready for a military response if necessary, but opting for diplomacy, this is our strong role,” ND deputy Angelos Syrigos tells protothema.gr in reference to the crisis which started on August 10th. with the departure of Oruc Reis and lasted until September 12 when the Turkish investigation returned to Antalya.
Mr. Syrigos explains that with the new release of Oruc Reis for seismic investigations, Erdogan “believes that it will establish new conditions in the diplomatic confrontation” and adds: “He has been encouraged by the incredible tolerance shown by the West in everything that the Turkey “.
Asked by protothema.gr, ND MP Angelos Syrigos assesses as extremely strong the chances that Oruc Reis will start investigating in an area just 6.5 nautical miles from Kastellorizo.
listen His point of view Angelos syrigos for the new crisis with Oruc Reis:
Phillies: Violation of the crimson line if the Oruc Reis reaches 10.5 kilometers from Kastellorizo
“Turkey has decided that the suit that Greece tried to put on him for exploratory contacts was too tight and wants to get rid of it,” Konstantinos Filis, from the Institute of International Relations at Panteion University, told protothema.gr. In the opinion of Filis, Erdogan “negotiates in commercial terms with the leaders, without limits, without rules and hates the institutional”.
To the question “where is Ankara going”, Konstantinos Filis responds: “It is like catching the thread of September 12 that we expected the continuation of the investigations but finally we brought Oruc Reis back to the Gulf of Antalya. Situation based on which Greece It will not be able to exercise all its legal rights for the extension of our territorial waters to 12 nautical miles. Rather, it tries to limit the sovereign right of Greece to have a continental shelf and an EEZ. ”
“Let’s not forget that the situation, mainly due to the introversion of the Americans since they have elections in about three weeks and due to the shame, to put it elegantly, of the EU, is quite favorable for Turkey,” said Filis.
Asked how Greece should react if Turkey sends Oruc Reis to investigate 6.5 nautical miles off the coast of Kastellorizo, Konstantinos Filis replied that “if something like this happens we will talk about violating a crimson line from the Greek.” And he added: “We must avoid any sacrifice to face such a situation, I mean diplomatically to the escalation. Although if we do not succeed and Oruc Reis is located 10.5 kilometers from Kastellorizo - that is, only half a kilometer from the current territorial waters but emphatically in the potential territorial waters – the only solution, as long as we have exhausted the diplomatic channel. margins, it will be of a military nature ”.
listen to hern view of Konstantinos Phillies for the new crisis with Oruc Reis:
