For illegal and beyond any logic of international law Turkish-Libyan pact will inform Kyriakos Mitsotakis 27 EU leaders on Friday at their meeting informal European Council, highlighting the danger of Turkey’s behavior to security and stability in the region at a critical juncture due to the war in Ukraine. The clear escalation of the extreme rhetoric of the Turkish leadership – see Akar’s statements – cannot be left unanswered by the European institutions, as it proves what the Greek side constantly says: the tension is caused Anchorwhich is constantly going beyond.

However, the Turkish President will travel to Prague, but until yesterday there was no indication of a meeting between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Tayyip Erdogan. The prime minister will most certainly meet at the same location as the Turkish president for the first plenary session of the European Political Community meeting, but until yesterday it was not clear if they would meet at the same location throughout Thursday’s session as both are correct. cause. However, the plan, as was known yesterday, does not provide for such a possibility.

Mr. Mitsotakis and Mr. Erdogan will sit at different thematic tables at the meeting of the European Political Community in Prague.

The European Political Community meeting is built around leaders’ discussions at thematic tables, and each panel will feature 11 leaders from both EU member states. as well as third countries that were invited. Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Tayyip Erdogan will be at different tables. The Prime Minister of Greece will co-chair this afternoon at a thematic table for energy, economics and climate change. The topic chosen for participation is indicative of the interest generated by Greece’s initiatives and proposals regarding the energy crisis, as well as the most recent proposal for a price ceiling on the wholesale price of natural gas, which has already received the support of 15 EU Member States, with Athens looking forward to more support. At the same table with Kyriakos Mitsotakis will sit German Chancellor Olaf Soltz, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, as well as the Prime Ministers of Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Bulgaria, Norway and Serbia.

From the side Tayyip Erdoganwill reportedly take part in security panel, in which the leaders of countries supporting the Greek positions, such as France, Luxembourg and Croatia, will speak. Finally, according to the program, at the first plenary session of the session, which will last about an hour, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will speak via videoconference, while the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, Norway and Albania will also speak.

“No” and from Berlin

After the State Department, which “devastated” Turkey and explained in every way that the interim government of Libya has no right to sign such agreements with Ankara, it was Berlin’s turn. A spokesman for the German Foreign Office left no doubt about how Berlin felt about the deal. “The German Foreign Ministry does not recognize the agreement between Turkey and Libya to create an EEZ between them. And such agreements do not bind Greece,” German Foreign Ministry spokesman Christopher Burger said in response to a question from ERT, continuing to say that he would return with a concrete answer. For Greek-Turkish London was also placed through the Foreign Office. “We do not believe that the sovereignty of the Aegean is in question,” a UK Foreign Office source told SKAI when asked to comment on tensions between the two NATO member countries and whether London shares Greece’s fears over Turkish provocative rhetoric.