SYRIZA, the ‘moratorium’ of Greece-Turkey and the request for dialogue in Greek-Turkish

By Niki Zorba

SYRIZA appeared not only encouraging but also supportive from the very beginning for direct Athens-Ankara contacts at the highest level (namely Mitsotaki-Erdogan). This was requested by the president himself from the prime minister last week at the leaders’ discussion on the Russian invasion. Before the Mitsotaki-Erdogan meeting was even announced.

After the fourth, yesterday, SYRIZA with an announcement expressed caution and asked for official information on what was said in the Bosphorus between the two leaders and the fine print of their agreement:

“We expect official information from the Government for today’s meeting in Istanbul and especially for the conditions set for the organization of the Supreme Cooperation Council and for the strengthening of energy cooperation.” refers exactly to the relevant announcement of Koumoundourou.

The caution, which as it emerges from the same announcement, mainly concerns how, how much and under what conditions the moratorium will be reached to de-escalate the tension in the Aegean and the “brake” on the Turkish provocation.

Positive to open the channels of communication at this level, Koumoundourou said, but: “these meetings should result in a steady reduction of tension and not just be another opportunity for Turkey to further strengthen its international image until the next crisis.

What does this mean in practice? SYRIZA does not consider it in the country’s interest to conclude “ceasefire” agreements with Turkey without a specific strategy and content, first assessing the role of Tayyip Erdogan on the international stage as a regional power and considering that dialogue on bilateral issues, both the Turkish president will strengthen his power and role.

Hence, the official opposition acts as an accelerator of developments on the Greek-Turkish front, stating that for more than a year now it has been calling on the Government to “abandon procrastinating diplomacy and take advantage of both the US change of government and the EU-Turkey negotiations on revised customs union, in order to engage the neighbor in a meaningful dialogue, with clear red lines, to reduce the tension, with the ultimate goal of resorting to the Hague for continental shelf / EEZ “.

In conclusion, according to a competent source of SYRIZA, what the main opposition party demands is a strategy to reduce the Turkish tension, not cyclically – but through a dialogue with Turkey on specific data that will bind Tayyip Erdogan.

Source: Capital

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