Ankara’s “active neutrality” is struggling to bear fruit, the Figaro newspaper reported, citing Ankara’s inability to meet the necessary conditions for the creation of sea lanes for grain exports through the Black Sea.
In the nationalist line followed by the President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan, as a tactic of disorienting the Turkish people from the problems it faces, and the questionable effectiveness of Ankara’s diplomatic activity in the Ukrainian is mentioned today, Thursday, by the French press, while the human rights situation in the neighbor is also cauterized.
THE Ankara’s “active neutrality” is struggling to bear fruit, notes Figaro newspaper, referring to Ankara’s inability to meet the necessary conditions for the creation of sea lanes for cereal exports through the Black Sea.
The French daily quotes Turkish and Russian Foreign Ministers as saying during a second visit to Ankara yesterday, noting that Ukraine, which was absent from the talks, remained on alert as the required demining of the port could be Kyiv, to be used by Russian forces to attack the city. “The Russian Black Sea Fleet will pretend to be withdrawing to annexed Crimea. “Once the access to the port of Odessa is cleared, the Russian fleet will be there,” said a spokesman for the Odessa region administration. Another point of contention, according to the newspaper, is the proposal made by Ankara on Wednesday to lift sanctions on Russia.
Figaro believes that, due to its geographical location, Turkey is in a strong position to find a way out of this crisis and intends to take advantage of it to complete the break in its recent diplomatic isolation. However, the newspaper wonders whether this balancing stance of Ankara will be timeless, noting the failure to date of its various attempts to reach a ceasefire.
A year before the presidential election and in the midst of an economic downturn, the issue for Erdogan is above all internal
Also reminding that Ankara remains linked to Moscow by the S-400 Missile Purchase Agreement, Due to the lack of access to the US F35 program, the daily says that if Turkey does not have the luxury of alienating Russia, it is also because it relies on its agreement in principle to launch a new military operation in northern Syria. with the aim of repelling Kurdish forces, expanding the “security zone” and encouraging some of the estimated 3.7 million Syrian exiles to return to their country.
According to the same newspaper, a year before the presidential election and in the midst of economic recession, the issue for Erdogan is above all internal, as he wants to distract public attention from the galloping inflation and alleviate the dissatisfaction of those who is against refugees, betting on the nationalist line.
Referring to the issue of Turkey’s veto on Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO, Didier Beyoncé, IRIS Institute Publishing Director, told La Marseillaise that “if a compromise solution was offered, the EU would not He will not hold back his impatience until the end, if he is compensated, such as the lifting of the arms embargo on Turkey by Sweden and the US consent to deliver F-16 aircraft.
Regarding the Turkish president, among other things, he says: “Erdogan is a tough negotiating partner and denies any criticism of his domestic policy. One should know how to make a number of demands, but by no means we can not give him a blank check and take our look “from the very deteriorating human rights situation in Turkey.”
“The Ukrainian crisis is a historic opportunity for Erdogan to show his importance,” Liberation said, noting that since the start of the war in Ukraine, the Turkish president has taken advantage of the crisis to claim Ankara’s place in international relations. not hesitating to use its negotiating levers on all fronts. “
The French newspaper also reported that “in the tense context of the war in Ukraine the Turkish president is waving many red flags over the past two weeks – opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, threat of new military operation in northern Syria, accusations against Greece of blocking US F-35 fighter jets from reaching Turkey – without being his reason and goals are clear “.
