Athens watching Turkey moves for signs of aggression

Government officials and diplomats understand that Turkey has been mightily peeved by some Greek actions, adjacent if evident ones, and are waiting to spot whether Ankara will revert to a much bellicose cognition similar that successful the years earlier 2023.

These actions were the delimitation of Greece’s maritime zones, with the instauration of two quality parks, the beingness of lipid elephantine Chevron south of Crete, where it is poised to statesman exploring for lipid and gas, and a much progressive engagement with the rival Libyan factions successful the west and eastbound of the country, aiming to mitigate the fallout from the Turkish-Libyan memorandum.

Athens could not neglect to announcement the latest statement by Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan that Turkey manages its relationships with diplomacy, but should diplomatic efforts fail, it will turn the absorption implicit to its military. Fidan was referring to the whole of the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey faces challenges connected galore fronts, but helium near his warnings vague, possibly to warn each imaginable adversaries, including nominal NATO state Greece.

Among the imaginable moves toward, if not escalation then hardening of Turkey’s stance, that Greece is watching for is simply a imaginable “hydrographic” hunt by Turkish state lipid institution TPAO instantly to the south of the country allocated by Greece to Chevron.

Kathimerini understands that Ankara had decided to deploy probe vessel Oruc Reis to the country successful August, adjacent earlier Chevron was allocated its probe area, but successful the extremity it was decided not to marque an assertive temper up of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the United Nations and, much importantly, the White House. Oruc Reis besides had some mechanical issues.

At the moment, attraction is focused connected probe vessel Piri Reis, which follows the people outlined by Turkey’s navigation warning. Piri Reis is being monitored, astatine some distance, by a Greek gunboat.