Athens is on high alert in the event that Lebanon becomes a theater of military operations.
DIPLOMACY
Athens is preparing for a potential evacuation of Greek nationals from the Middle East as regional tensions escalate.
Greek officials are pressing Albania to address concerns about the integrity of Sunday’s local elections in the southwestern town of Himare.
The incident in July near Kasos in the southern Aegean which saw a Turkish naval mobilization was not not random, according to officials of the Turkish government who are loudly reiterating the rhetoric of the “Blue Homeland” – which envisages Turkish influence over vast swaths of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Tentative UN plans to convene the leaders of Cyprus’ divided communities for talks as early as next week were uncertain on Monday as one side said it had not received an invitation.
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides condemned Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s rejection of a proposed UN meeting, calling it a sign of disrespect toward both the Turkish Cypriot community and the international community.
A turning point came June 25, when a group of CIA officers sat across from their Russian counterparts during a secret meeting in a Middle Eastern capital.
Menelaos Menelaou, the Greek Cypriot Negotiator for the Cyprus Problem, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss whether there is still a window of opportunity for talks to resume to resolve the Cyprus problem.
Eight European Union member-states, including Greece, have launched a diplomatic initiative to establish informal communication channels between the EU and Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian administration.
Israel’s foreign ministry summoned the deputy Turkish ambassador for a reprimand on Friday after Turkey’s embassy in Tel Aviv lowered its flag to half mast in response to the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.
US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien hinted on Tuesday that Washington is exerting pressure on the new government of North Macedonia to respect the Prespa name agreement signed in 2018 with Greece.
Athens is gravely disturbed about the upheaval in the Middle East, further augmented by the assassinations of Hamas political head Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Lebanon.
Tom Korologos, former US ambassador to Belgium and a second-generation Greek American, died Friday at the age of 91.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan condemned the assassination of Palestinian militant group Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and said the killing would not break Palestinians’ will.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday he was “deeply saddened” to hear that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh had been “martyred,” adding that he had become a symbol of Palestinian resistance.
Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down how the 40 hour crisis last week in the Aegean between Greece and Turkey evolved, and to look at the broader message this incident sends about stability in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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