Erdogan in a state of debauchery – Athens’ answers and the next milestones in June

Of Dimitris Gatsiou

With the timing of the election halting its oscillation in the often-voiced prime minister’s exhaustion of four years, the country… walks into a summer of multiple challenges, whether it be related to the surging waves of precision or the rhetorical outbursts of the Reags. Erdogan and top Turkish officials setting fire to the area.

With the moves of its neighbor’s leadership and its anti-Greek crescendo betraying Ankara’s nervousness in the face of the Greek capital’s “cool and determined stance” and the… marathon of internationalization of Turkish revisionism, the government is closely monitoring developments and possible developments. .

The signals, either directly or indirectly, sent by the Prime Minister to Recep Tayyip Erdogan are almost daily, with the last disgust at the end of the Southeastern Europe Summit.

“After the blatant Russian invasion of Ukraine, we must send a clear message: that no one in the third decade of the 21st century can accept the despotic revision that threatens not only the international geopolitical balance, but also the acceptable borders on which it was built. modern world.

“History is not rewritten, because someone constructs it arbitrarily in his mind”, was the disgust of Mr. Mitsotakis, who had another opportunity to inform the leaders of the region about the unhistorical and dangerous rhetorical outbursts of the Turkish leadership.

Mr. Erdogan’s strong pressures inside his country, his poll on the road to the polls and the collapse of his neighbor’s economy are on… Greek radar, as long as the Turkish president tries (among other things) to do export of… within the walls of crises, with our country proposing, in any case, the concept of international law, the strengthening of its alliances, but also its geopolitical, energy and geostrategic upgrade.

The delusion of the leadership of the neighbors is under the… microscope of the government, which examines every possible scenario in Evros, Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.

The Greek capital is even preparing for a move to further escalate its neighbor’s aggressive stance and revision as the regular European Council in Brussels and the NATO Summit in Madrid approach, as Ankara’s position on the accession process Finland and Sweden irritate the Allies.

Turkey’s view that the two countries’ accession to the forthcoming summit is not mandatory is turning into a red flag, as the Allies believe that strong signals of unity and determination should be sent to Russia from Madrid, not to develop critical work into a flea market, which will cause cracks in NATO.

And what remains to be answered is the limit of the Alliance’s patience with Ankara…’s oriental gimmicks, with concerns in Europe growing about whether the neighboring country can get into the mold of the West.

International slaps

On the way to the “27 Leaders’ Summit, on the way to the NATO Summit, in addition to the fact that the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister will continue to report on the neighbor’s delinquency, come the loud messages of the international community, to demonstrate the impasses of the Turkish president, who, at a critical juncture for the Alliance, due to the Russian invasion, chooses to ionize the environment negatively.

And the slaps on Ankara’s face come from both Brussels and the United States. It is also recalled that:

– The Commission, in a statement by the representative for foreign policy, condemned the Turkish provocation and called on Ankara to respect the integrity of the land, sea and airspace of any other country.

“Turkey must respect the sovereignty of all EU member states in their territorial waters and airspace. We have repeatedly stated that any open issue must be dealt with peacefully, through dialogue, in good faith, in full respect of international law. and in accordance with the principle of good neighborly relations.

The EU “It has been and is clear that we expect Turkey to behave constructively, to refrain from escalating steps, from rhetoric or actions, and to commit to building good neighborly relations, not the other way around,” he said.

This was followed by a statement from the State Department stating that “the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected and protected.”

In fact, as government officials note, it is clear that the era of voluntary revisionism and imaginative interpretation of history is irrevocably a thing of the past. “The reaction of the Western world to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a practical proof of this development.

Countries that think they can go on a show of force or try to intimidate should not find room to act. “The cornerstone of post-war peace was the inviolability of borders, this does not change, history is not rewritten”, is the message that is transmitted.