By Gifts Antoniou

The alarm climate for a few hours yesterday, when it became known in the morning that it was ordered an interdisciplinary preparation of the Armed Forces given the tone of increased sensitivity that is dominated by mobility developed in the Aegean. The Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in an interview yesterday (ANT1) rushed to lower the tones, wanting, as he said, to pass a message of calm to all Greeks. “The exercises we do are all planned exercises. We always make them such a time, between September 15 and 30. ”

The reference to the announcement of the GEFHA that was unexpectedly ordered to execute interdisciplinary preparedness was that caused turmoil and associations with the announcement of the Turkish side, through NAVTEX, that The exit of the research oceanographic vessel “Piri Reis” in the Aegeanwhich caused the reaction of Athens a few days ago.

That Ankara’s mobility in recent days, and especially after the announcement of Chevron’s participation in searches on maritime plots south of Crete and the Peloponnese has intensified, is undoubtedly. And it was confirmed yesterday, shortly after the announcement of the GEFHA on interdisciplinary preparedness exercise, the Turkish side rushed to publish a new NAVTEX. It reinstated all the groundless objections to the demarcation status of a significant number of Aegean islands. In particular, the text was nominal reference to Thassos, Agios Efstratios, Psara, Samothraki, Lemnos, Lesvos, Chios, Ikaria, Samos, Astypalaia, Rhodes Halki, Karpathos, Kasos, Tilos, Nisyros, Kalymnos permanent demilitarization and therefore no military exercises in their territorial water is permitted.

These reactions show that the Turkish side is moving on the logic of reinstating all the disputes, revisionist views and the groundless objections it occasionally promotes. The climate that is shaped is not the best possible.

And yesterday to the equation was added another parameter. At a meeting by Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis and the Foreign Minister of the Libyan National Unity Foreign Unity Minister, Taiger Salem al -Baur declared the launch of the EEZ setting between Greece and Libya, while the first meeting was held. This development cannot leave the anchor indifferent, As it essentially puts the Turkish Memorandum on the sidelines and is activated by a negotiation process on the assumption that the two countries, Greece and Libya, have objects of coasts and should agree to the determination of marine zones.

The Turkish side, however, has invested a lot in the Turkish Memorandum, as Ankara bases all the effort to increase its influence zones and the “Her imprint” in the wider area of ​​the southeastern Mediterranean. It remains to be seen that it will react to yesterday’s development. It is recalled that in recent months, Turkey’s attempt to reach the leadership of Eastern Libya has been intensified in recent months with the main demand to ratify the Turkish Memorandum by the House of Representatives of Eastern Libya.

Within this climate, the expectations bar for the results of a possible meeting of the prime minister with the Turkish president, is lowering. Recep Tayyip Erdogannext week in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Mr Mitsotakis said yesterday that there was an intention of both parties to find time for the meeting.