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Turkey reaffirms the role of the unrest in the eastern Mediterranean with its inflammatory movements and statements by officials, laying a tombstone in any attempt to resume dialogue between the two countries.
Following Ankara’s war of nerves with Oruc Reis in the past, Ankara launched a new Navtex last night for Oruc Reis research in the eastern Mediterranean.
It is recalled that the previous Ankara Navtex for the search for the Turkish ship ended on October 27.
The new Navtex also concerns the escorts of the Turkish researcher Ataman and Genghis Khan and lasts until 4 November.
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Turkey’s Energy Minister Fatih Donmez even announced the continuation of Oruc Reis’s seismic studies for two months, stating that the neighboring country will proceed with a series of challenges until December, when the EU will decide via the Summit on.
Erdogan incendiary
Yesterday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made new inflammatory statements against Greece, further intensifying the atmosphere of tension between the two countries.
Speaking at a ruling party congress, Erdogan reiterated that his country will defend its rights.
“In the Eastern Mediterranean, instead of surrendering to the plunder of Greece and the Greek Cypriot side, it is necessary to remain in law and order,” he stressed.
He also said that a map is enough for his country to prove the law.
“In this context, we are determined to implement our own plans, until those who come before us act in accordance with law and order,” he added.
Akar Declarations of War
The “game” of challenges continued yesterday and Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akara said that his country will protect its interests in the Eastern Mediterranean in every way.
“We will die as heroes, we will become veterans, but our banner and our flag do not compel us to submit to it, we will never renounce our rights,” Hulusi Akar said, adding:
“We are determined and able to protect in every way our rights, interests and interests in the eastern Mediterranean, including Cyprus and the Aegean.” The Turkish flag now symbolizes security and the port in many parts of the world. “
Background of the exercise moratorium
Meanwhile, the dialogues for the moratorium on exercises in the national holidays of Greece and Turkey, on the 28th and 29th of October, which was announced yesterday by the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, and that it will be “torpedoed” shortly after by Agg. .
Specifically, a prominent Greek source refers to what happened in NATO, the moratorium and the exercises, clarifying that what happened on Friday (10.23.2020) in the teleconference of NATO Defense Ministers, was a proposal that “fell on the table “by the General Secretary of the alliance and not by the Turkish Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar.
Jens Stoltenberg would have suggested that October 28 and 29, dates that are national holidays for both countries, have the possibility of a moratorium to avoid military exercises.
Both Ankara, as the Turkish Defense Minister had confirmed in relevant statements, and Athens viewed Stoltenberg’s proposal positively.
Navtex on the national anniversaries of Greece and Turkey
A few hours after the “agreement” in NATO, Turkey showed that it writes on its old shoes to all international organizations since despite what was supposed to be decided, it issued three new NAVTEX, a zone committed for military exercises, in the national anniversaries of Greece and Turkey. .
The new naval instructions refer to live-fire exercises southeast of Kastellorizo on October 27, 28 and 29.
In fact, the Ankara maneuver contradicts recent statements by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who announced that Greece and Turkey had canceled the exercises they would do in those days.
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