ISTANBUL – ANSWER. Frost reigns in Anchor after its official announcement Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukrithat any dialogue with Ankara has been terminated due to the policy pursued by Turkey in Libya. Already in the Turkish capital, it was expected that Cairo would respond to the issue of the agreement on cooperation in the field of defense, signed by the Turkish government with the government of Tripoli last week in Istanbul, as well as to the issue of providing unmanned aerial vehicles. But what is said to have taken the Turkish government by surprise was the drastic formalization of the reaction.

Analysts believe that with these agreements, together with the previous ones, regarding investigations into them hydrocarbonsAnkara will control Libya’s defense and energy resources under the government of Abdel Hamid Dbeiba. However, Ankara was concerned about Cairo’s reaction to the hydrocarbon agreement, as Mr. Soukri backed Athens’ position and signaled that Dbeiba’s government had neither the legitimacy nor the authority to sign these agreements before elections were held. in the country.

The same analysts claim that the Turkish Foreign Ministry has not yet reacted in any way, since Ankara does not want to raise the tone in relations with Egypt, considering it a powerful country in Eastern Mediterranean and in case of an acute reaction can be created in relation to it EEZ but also in the events in Libya, which will not have positive results. This is considered the reason why no response was given to Mr. Sukri’s statements.

Tselik compared Greece with the “Islamic state” – Confusion and reflections in the Turkish capital over the decision of Egypt to end the dialogue because of Libya.

Meanwhile, ruling party spokesman Omer Celik said Greece is committing crimes against humanity in the Aegean. “Despite all the warnings, with these kickbacks they continue to push people to death, mutilation and disappearance in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

The crimes committed jointly by Frontex and the Greek Coast Guard fall under the category of crimes against humanity,” he said. Mr. Celik accused Greece of destroying Muslim monuments in the country and stated that what he is doing is similar to what the Islamic State has done! “I mean, how are they different from what Daesh (Islamic State) has been doing in the Middle East? Thus, Daesh is destroying these historical works. You see, the Authorities in different places in Greece show the same attitude. The Greek government must put an end to them. Such barbarism as the destruction of historical sites in the center of Europe is unacceptable.”

On Saturday, the Turkish Presidency released a video on the occasion of the 99th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey, in which it declared that the entire Aegean belongs to Turkey. “We have carved the Blue Homeland in our seas. The Aegean is ours. We are in the Mediterranean. Our proud flag is fluttering in the Black Sea,” says one of the moments of the video, which was prepared by the Turkish president.

Chris Papas pushes for terms for F-16

In a letter to the House and Senate Defense Committees, Rep. Chris Papas asks that his F-16 amendment (passed by a sold-out house in the summer) be retained in the final text of the US defense budget bill. As he states in a letter to two Democratic Presidents Chuck Reed and Adam Smith and two Republican Vice Presidents Jim Inhofe and Mike Rogers, “The terms set are reasonable and keep NATO together. The Biden administration should explain why US-supplied F-16s will not be used by one NATO ally as a tool to violate the sovereignty of another, especially given the risk of conflict. If Turkey stops its territorial overflights, its return to the values ​​and respect for the rule of law on which the NATO alliance is based will be welcome. In addition, tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean will be significantly reduced, allowing U.S. and NATO allies to focus solely on the existential threat of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.”