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The executive director of the Institute of International Relations, Konstantinos Filis, sounds the alarm about the new tension between Greece and Turkey, openly expressing his concern about the risk of a war if Greece fails to quash Turkish plans to open investigations. with the help of the EU and perhaps the United States.
“In any case, Greece must not allow Oruc Reis to enter an area located 6.5 nautical miles from Kastellorizo under any circumstances,” clarified Mr. Filis in.gr since – as he explains – this would mean the loss of Greece’s legal right to extend its territorial waters to 12 nm, that is, Turkey will have managed to create a complete situation to the detriment of our country.
“We should stop Oruc Reis, obviously exhausting diplomatic margins, but at the same time erecting an operational wall against the Turkish investigation. Greece must not operationally allow entry to an area located 10.5 kilometers from Kastellorizo.” Because, if we allow it this and we began to pursue it with warships, we will have failed, “he characteristically says.
The reservation of Mr Filis on the position that Europe and the US will take and on whether Greece can invest in their aid is related, on the one hand, to the cowardice and reluctance of the EU to date. teeth in Turkey and put it before its responsibilities and, on the other hand, as far as the United States is concerned, at the juncture of the American elections. 
Greece must not allow the entry of Oruc Reis in any way
It even expresses the fear that the internal conflicts in the EU on the issue of Euro-Turkish relations, but also the US elections, create a favorable terrain for the excessive challenges from Turkey, which Greece must oppose by all means now. any price.
“If we take the worst case, that is, the Europeans do not understand the challenges or the Americans do not want to get involved, then Greece should obviously by its own means not allow Oruc Reis to enter such a close area Greek territorial waters,” he notes .
According to him, in such a case the military option is always on the table. “He is building a seawall with ships and it is up to Turkey if he wants to take the risk and the responsibility of trying to break this wall and provoke a war.”
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