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Internationalists Angelos Syrigos and Konstantinos Filis are trying to decipher Oruts Reyes’ next moves, but also Erdogan’s strategy, which in recent days has targeted Kastelorizo.
As Konstantinos Filis, director of the Institute of International Relations at Panteion University explains, “Greece has been Erdogan’s target and is a priority in Turkish foreign policy, which is extremely dangerous.” “The deployment of the flag, which is located 6 miles away, in the coastal area, since we are talking about a violation of sovereignty and not of potential sovereign rights and, of course, Greece must respond,” he underlines.
He adds that “Erdogan is talking to history. He is not talking to Merkel, Trump or Putin. 97 years after the Lausanne Treaty, he is waging his own fight for the independence of his own Turkey, wanting to replace Kemal. If Erdogan succeeds, the politician who has learned to survive and who has dominated the Turkish political scene for 18 years, will count the consequences that his elections will have mainly for the Turkish economy, not so much the sanctions, but the impact of investments.
For his part, the associate professor of International Law and Foreign Policy, Mr. Syrigos, highlights that the violation of the coastal zone is a red line for the Greek side. “Erdogan is looking for something to match the Greek-Egyptian agreement. This could be the devolution of rights, for the Turkish oil company to go to exploration or exploitation in the area south of Rhodes, Kasos, Karpathos and east of Crete, that is, in the area of the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. In the last few days I have been wondering if due to the pressures it reached next to the coastal area of Kastelorizo, 6 miles away, it stopped there and said that “we did our research and after completing this phase no one could stop the great and powerful Turkey, now let’s go to the negotiating table ”, explains Mr. Syrigos.
In fact, he points out that “two weeks ago Erdogan was chasing a hot episode, while in recent days he accepts that it can happen, but does not pursue it. Whereas before he spoke of a blue homeland, now he has focused on Kastelorizo ”.
Source: skai.gr
