Twists and turns of Erdogan’s visit – what Athens wants to avoid – Newsbomb – News

The twists and turns in Erdogan’s schedule and the fact that his Dec. 7 visit turned into a flash-in-the-pan rather than an overnight stay are giving second thoughts to those who believed the Turkish president was in a genuine mood for substantive dialogue.

It is not an exaggeration to reveal the changes in the program of the visit of the Turkish president to Greece. Big event He would (initially) come to Thessaloniki with a large entourage of over 300 people, ministers and economic agents, in what turned out to be a “lightning” visit to Athens, to fulfill his duty to the Germans and Europeans. for Calm waters in the Aegean and in the Mediterranean.

Given the way things are going and his stance in favor of Hamas, one cannot expect dramatic changes in the Greek-Turkish language. A considerate man Kurdish terrorist movementsGreece accuses violations, questions international agreements and law, insists on the 2-state solution in Israel, it helps him and on the issue of Cyprus it is difficult to bring anything new to the dialogue.

The Erdoğan-Netanyahu conflict creates a very serious problem anyway because, among other things, Greece has bilateral agreements and friendship with Israel and can any statement by the Turkish president, on Greek soil, be made against Israel and in favor of Hamas? A diplomatic issue and a bad situation. Something Erdogan did in Berlin in front of President Sols. No one can deny that Athens will do the same.

Another rant against the West and those who support Israel will add another thorn to an already difficult agenda. As a result, Athens has raced to manage Erdogan’s outbursts and not lose its diplomatic cool from being on the defensive.

In addition to calm waters in the Aegean, Greece wants to reach an understanding with Erdogan on immigration. Obviously, Erdogan will calm down if he can extract more money from the EU. With an overall agreement and expressly requiring the consent of Athens in this direction.

Regarding confidence-building measures, Greece believes in better communication between administrators of the armed forces of both countries.

It is clear that there are residual problems Militarization of Minorities and Islandsn Athens would avoid them. But a public confrontation is a more important risk during joint press reports. After years of Greek diplomacy, it has realized that Erdogan is a case of special manipulation, and it treats him like this…