The “profits” of Athens also record the strict message of the recent Summit of the 27 European leaders, conveyed to the Turkish president yesterday by Charles Michel
of Penelope Galliou
Satisfaction prevails in Athens after the long-awaited NATO Summit that ends today in Madrid, where in addition to the backstage oriental bazaar of Tayyip Erdogan and the exchanges he received, the focus is on strategic options for the future of the Alliance and the protection of its Member States in Eastern Europe.
The Greek Prime Minister expressed satisfaction on the one hand because Turkey’s “opportunistic and utilitarian attitudes” have been overcome and will be invited to join Sweden and Finland and on the other hand because the introduction of the new strategic doctrine includes “the protection of human rights as the value framework on which the Alliance is based “.
A doctrine that acts “photographically” against the Turkish revisionism and is estimated to have a strengthening effect on Athens’ attempt to put a brake on Ankara’s escalating provocation and its non-existent claims in the Aegean.
The profits of Athens and Ankara
The Turkish president may finally have achieved the coveted goal of his meeting with the US president and the ice of US-Turkish relations may have begun to melt, following Erdogan’s withdrawal for Finland and Sweden to join NATO, but in the fourth quarter. leaders, received a clear message from Joe Biden maintaining stability in the Aegean and Syria.
In fact, the fact that the official announcement of the White House is preceded by the reference to the Aegean, shows the special interest of the American president but also the hierarchy of the region, especially in this critical geopolitical period.
Athens sees the announcement as a clear message to avoid new challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean, as Washington and President Biden were fully aware of the situation in the wider region through the fault of Turkey and its provocateurs. its behaviors.
A briefing given during the Greek Prime Minister’s visit to the United States, where he had presented to the American political leadership in detail with facts and documents, as well as the map of the “Blue Homeland” the dangers of destabilization in the Eastern Mediterranean posed by Turkish aggression.
In the same context, the “profits” of Athens record the strong message of the recent Summit of 27 European leaders, conveyed to Turkish President Charles Michel yesterday, to de-escalate tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, resolve disputes only peacefully and keep open. communication.
F-16 vs F-35
Tayyip Erdogan’s “sevda” for the strengthening of the Turkish defense and the supply of the F16 was, based on the leaks in Ankara, one of the central issues that occupied the Biden-Erdogan meeting but despite leaks from the Turkish press about the US President’s commitment to work to resolve the issue once he landed in Washington, the White House statement did not contain any. The final approval of such a program continues to “hang” in the US Congress, which has the authority and still has a negative attitude towards Turkey, after the supply of Russian S-400 missile systems.
In the face of Turkish liquidity, the Greek Ministry of National Defense officially sent to the US yesterday the request for the purchase of 20 + 20 state-of-the-art American F35 aircraft, as the Prime Minister had already announced, launching another program to strengthen and shield the country with the National Defense. Minister Nikos Panayotopoulos to go immediately, on July 18 to the USA for the relevant discussions.
Erdogan’s silence and Mitsotaki’s messages
Among the positives of the NATO Summit for Athens, is the retreat of Tayyip Erdogan from the threats and lions he was cultivating inside Turkey against Greece, announcing an attack from the podium of the Summit in Madrid, where he avoided any his narrative against our country and did not utter any of the non-existent and vague accusations about the demilitarization of the Greek islands and the questioning of their sovereignty, which he and the “plus” monotonously repeat to the internal consumption of their nationalist audience.
However, the Greek Prime Minister, with a stable diplomatic agenda and always aiming to defend the national interests of the country, took advantage of this international situation to send the necessary messages both to the other side of the Aegean and to our allies.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis clearly stated that the Russian invasion of Ukraine “has made it clear that NATO’s mission to defend the territorial integrity of human rights and international law is no longer an empty letter”, stressing that there can be no tolerance for aspiring imitators of the Russian president as well as that sanctions against Moscow “must be applied by all members”, showing the backwardness and equal distances that Turkey has kept in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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