THE DETERIORATION OF GREEK TURKISH RELATIONS

The Geran Minister of Foreign Affairs, Heiko  Maas 

Mavlul Cavusoglou, Turkish Foreign Minister

The efforts of the German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, to act as a mediator between Greece and Turkey was unsuccessful as his Turkish counterpart, Mavlul Cavusoglou, continued his violent threats against Greece.

The two ministers met in Ankara on Tuesday, with Cavusoglu insisting that Greece is responsible for the tension in the E. Mediterranean and that Turkey simply protects its rights.  Meanwhile, the Turkish media accuse Germany of siding with Greece.

“The European Union must step up its response to Turkish escalating aggression in the eastern Mediterranean because it is directed against the entire 27 members of the European Union not only a few member nations", said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Nikos Dendias.

The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias 

Mr Dendias criticised Turkey sending warships to support Oruc Rais, the Turkish research ship which is engaged in illegal hydrocarbon search on the Greek continental shelf and in Greek and Cypriot waters.

Josep Borrell, Chief of the European Unions's Foreign Policy

The EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, is expected to present to the bloc’s foreign ministers, later this month, a list of possible sanctions against Turkey.

“Turkey’s actions are an escalation and an unacceptable militarisation which betray the dead-end nature of its own choices,” said Dendias.

Greek warships are now in the area between Cyprus and Crete where Turkey intends to search for oil and gas on the Greek continental shelf and in Greek and Cypriot waters.

How can we react to the constant aggression of our hostile neighbour?  Greece invented the olive branch as a symbol of peace, but how can one live peacefully amidst harsh and continuous bellicosity?

A Symbol of Peace 

Forever Peace!!