2 hours agoTurkey, Greece launch talks to avoid war, last one buys fighting aircraft for 2.5 billion
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)After a five-year pause covered by increasingly tense reports leading to conflict, Greece and Turkey will hold talks to try to avoid further military evacuation in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean. The prosperity of high-level contacts has sparked some relief in [...]
The prosperity of high-level contacts has sparked some relief in the international community following tensions that nearly led to war strikes on energy explosion rights.
Before high-level diplomats flew towards Istanbul, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave hope for a possible solution to what Athens considers to be the biggest difference with neighbour: the release of disputed sea borders, reports Guardian, Periscopi.
We will participate with optimism... but with zero naiveness,” he told the Greek Parliament.
The risks are high. The talks come amid increased bilateral distrust of each other and aggressive rhetoric, and also the arms race that has led Greece to boost its capabilities before Turkey's threat of confrontation.
And, while discussions are expected to begin, the Greek defence minister will meet with his French counterpart in Athens to sign a 2.5 billion-euro equipment agreement with 18 Rafale military aircraft from Paris.
If there is no solution, we will return to the status of the game where the possibility of violence is great,” ) policyologist Costas Ifantis said. /Periscope
