Ankara-Athens ties show signs of easing

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s sudden shift in rhetoric towards softer tones coexists with Ankara’s continued hardline positions on the Aegean and the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI). At the same time, Athens is sending a new and clear message: as long as the threat of war against Greece remains active, Turkey cannot participate in broader European defense mechanisms, while Greece is preparing for a particularly critical October, when it will assume the …

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Despite the staged performance with Erdogan, he did not find half a word about the blackmail in the Kasos cable, accepting the graying of maritime zones, and not a single sentence to deconstruct before the international community the Turkish claims for the demilitarization of the islands.

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• Turkey completes the "Sea Wolf" exercise with 100 ships, 50 aircraft and 14,000 soldiers, restores demilitarization citing the Paris Treaty and requests "coordination" for the laying of cables, while a report speaks of an extensive Turkish NOTAM reaching west of Kalymnos and Leros. From New York, the Prime Minister sends messages of stability...  Ankara raises the tone on islands, cables and Kastellorizo while Mitsotakis speaks of a difficult…