New “provocation” in the gas dispute – Germany and the USA attack Turkey

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The German government and the US government speak of a provocation: After a break of only one month, Turkey is sending another exploration ship to a sea area claimed by Greece. Sanctions against the NATO partner are still in the room. The USA and Germany have sharply criticized NATO partner Turkey for its approach to the gas dispute in the eastern Mediterranean. During a visit to Nicosia, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on the government in Ankara to refrain from provocations in the direction of Greece and Cyprus. “Pressure, threats, intimidation and military activities do not resolve tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean,” said a US State Department spokeswoman in Washington. “We call on Turkey to end these calculated provocations and to start exploratory talks with Greece immediately.” The background to this is that, after a month’s break, Turkey sent another exploration ship for gas deposits to a sea area that was disputed with Greece at the weekend. In addition, Turkey allowed the opening of a beach in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus for tourists. Turkish troops marched into the northern part of Cyprus in 1975. Since then the island has been divided.

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Maas said opening the beach was a “completely unnecessary and provocative step”. The German Foreign Minister had therefore canceled Ankara from his mediation trip on Tuesday. “It is up to Turkey to create the conditions for talks,” said Maas after a meeting with his Cypriot colleague Nikos Christodoulides and before traveling on to Greece. He “made a conscious decision” to only travel to Cyprus and Greece and not to Turkey as originally intended. Christodoulides also sharply criticized both decisions. However, both foreign ministers avoided calling for new EU sanctions against Turkey. Maas pointed out that the EU had set Turkey a deadline of mid-December to start trusting steps with its western neighbors. So far, Ankara has not done anything in this direction.

Topic at the EU summit

Within the EU, Cyprus and Greece, but also France, pushed for sanctions against Turkey, which is also accused of meddling in the wars in Libya, Syria, Iraq and the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Cypriot Foreign Minister said dealing with Turkey would be a topic at the EU summit on Thursday and Friday.
“Germany and the EU stand by the side of Cyprus and Greece in solidarity,” stressed Maas. “The half-life of commitments must be longer than two days,” he added, referring to Turkey’s earlier commitments for de-escalation. After a month’s break, Turkey sent the exploration ship “Oruc Reis” to the region south of the Greek island of Kastellorizo ​​to carry out seismic measurements. The ship was withdrawn from controversial waters in the run-up to an EU summit last month. Gas reserves are suspected in the area, but their size is controversial.

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