GREEK-TURKISH TENSIONS

Turkey knows that Greece and the West constitute a stable front in confronting the game of revisionism, with composure and without high-pitched rhetoric.

In dismissing snap elections, the PM expressed his trust in the public, which is facing difficulties in making ends meet but knows that Vladimir Putin is responsible and not Mitsotakis.

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ trip to Washington triggered hostile outbursts against him from Ankara, which is attempting to exploit current challenges to its benefit.

By turning his country into a regional troublemaker, Erdogan offers Greece the opportunity to highlight the fact that it is fully capable of playing a role as a force for stability.

The talks come amid heightened Greek-Turkish tensions in the Aegean, with an exponential increase in violations of Greek national airspace, and Ankara's return to the fold.

Pyatt addressed the question of a Biden-Mitsotakis meeting in Washington asserting that both sides want it, but it appears that the timing remains very unclear.

The undeclared war with Turkey cost Greece dearly. During the 100 day crisis involving Ankara's oil and gas research vessel "Oruc Reis" the Greek Navy was deployed to constantly monitor the Aegean.

The problem is that despite various indications Turkey’s next moves remain unknown because we have not yet learned to read them properly.

The government must not allow the pandemic and the Turkish crisis to disorient them and they must speed up reform efforts so as to implement necessary changes.

In such difficult times the government, state institutions, and society must transcend themselves, and that is a one-way street as there is no other way.

What would happen for example if a Turkish ship were conducting exploration and Ankara had issued a NAVTEX tying up the sea area?

In a move apparently designed to exploit the enormous political divisions in Libya, the Speaker of Libya's House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, will be visiting Athens on December 12.

'It is my conviction that this channel of communication must remain open. We want to reduce tensions as an accumulation of tensions can lead to escalation,' said Evangelos Apostolakis.

It is absolutely necessary to tone down the rhetoric and to not give the impression that Ankara’s sabre-rattling can influence Greek domestic politics.

On 10 June, the Cypriot daily Phileleftheros reported that Nicosia has issued international arrest warrants for 25 individuals linked to Turkish Petroleum’s illegal offshore drilling in Cyprus’ EEZ.

Turkey’s intentions must be viewed from the vantage point of both its expansionist agenda and the desperation emanating from the state of the Turkish economy.

'Turkey may quite possibly send a ship to a portion of the continental shelf which Greece considers Greek and Turkey considers Turkish,' the former PM Simitis stated.