How the neighboring media welcomed the House amendment’s approval
'We encourage our NATO Allies, including Greece and Turkey, to work together to maintain peace and security in the region and resolve differences diplomatically.'
It is indicative that over the last days Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov intimated that there is a prospect that nuclear weapons could be used.
There has been a backlash in Greece against the much-discussed US State Department non-paper, which says Washington does not support construction of the EastMed pipeline on the grounds that the project is not economically viable and does not fit the US "green agenda.
In this non-linear and totally chaotic state of affairs, it would be premature to say that Turkey is benefiting by the evolving situation by emerging as a basic ally of the new Afghanistan.
The US Secretary of State announced the strong condemnation but also the intention of Washington to react to the Turkish plans for the enclosed area of Varosha.
In the years after the occupation a very high percentage of the Turkish Cypriots emigrated to the UK and other countries due to the insufferable socio-economic conditions.
Turkey is flagrantly flouting UN resolutions calling for a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation, even as it completely disregards the negative reactions of the Americans and Europeans.
The vision of the Obama administration for a global trade system was demolished by the government of Donald Trump and its trade philosophy.
In the current geopolitical milieu and to the extent to which the Western alliance can regroup, Greece will have an opportunity to strengthen and upgrade its position, role, and presence.
Greek analysts suggest that Ankara’s participation in exploratory talks aims primarily to demonstrate its dedication to resolving issues in order to avert possible EU sanctions.
The timing of the next round of talks is not coincidental as EU leaders in December agreed to revisit the prospect of sanctions against Turkey at their March summit.
It will take months until the vaccines and the new medicines are very widely distributed and no one can predict what will happen in the world until then.
Erdogan is forging new alliances which explain the projection of Turkish power from the Red Sea to the Caucasus and his bid for the lion’s share of the hydrocarbons in the Southeastern Mediterranean.
Turkey is continually opening new military fronts and in so doing it is acting in a destabilising manner and is displaying a glaring indifference to the fact that it has lost all of its traditional allies.
" The US welcomes reports that Greece-Turkey are ready for exploratory talks on maritime delimitation issues, as talks have potential to contribute to easing of regional tensions," the US State Department said in a tweet.
Turkey occupied part of Syria thanks to an agreement with the US and Russia and it signed an illegal agreement supposedly delimiting the two countries’ EEZ’s, even though they are not contiguous.
If there is one thing that the public health crisis highlighted it is that there is a lack of leadership almost all around the world.
His first years in power focused on a recovery of the Turkish economy and he systematically promoted the mass integration (mainly through Islamic networks) in the production process of marginalised segments of society.
Erdogan’s court was rife with scandals. He gave himself a 1mn dollar monthly salary, his assets were said to be worth nearly one billion dollars, and he provoked everyone.