What a flawed analysis by @nytimes EdBoard:
"An attempt by Germany [to mediate] foundered when Greece announced an energy deal with Egypt that effectively claimed rights to a broad area of the sea, which it did in response to a similar accord between Turkey and Libya." 1/x
"An attempt by Germany [to mediate] foundered when Greece announced an energy deal with Egypt that effectively claimed rights to a broad area of the sea, which it did in response to a similar accord between Turkey and Libya." 1/x
In other words, the @nytimes equates the Greece-Egypt martime boundary deal with the blatantly illegal Turkey-GNA deal.
[Article link: nytimes.com/2020/08/30/opi…]
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[Article link: nytimes.com/2020/08/30/opi…]
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"... competition for fossil fuels should have given way by now to competition over how to stop using them, especially among countries that have subscribed to the Paris climate agreement."
May we remind @nytimes that Turkey has NOT ratified the Paris Agreement?
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May we remind @nytimes that Turkey has NOT ratified the Paris Agreement?
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May we also remind @nytimes that Greece has already commited to significant climate targets, and that Turkey gave a historically unethical legal battle to escape its obligations from the Kyoto Protocol (to be removed from Annex II countries of the UNFCCC)?
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"The mediation is not entirely altruistic — a cornered Turkey could unleash another flood of Syrian refugees into Europe, ..."
Since when do we accept this abuse of refugees as normal realpolitik? Seriously?
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Since when do we accept this abuse of refugees as normal realpolitik? Seriously?
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"Also if you admit that German mediation is not altruistic, why do you (@nytimes) suggest [in the text subtitle] that "It’s time to listen to Germany and take a step back?"
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"...there is room for negotiation, and Turkey’s explorations in disputed waters have not yet crossed a legal red line."
@nytimes, please do keep up, Turkey's also performed "explorations" (i.e. harrassment) inside Cyprus's EEZ (south of the isl) - no red line crossed there?
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@nytimes, please do keep up, Turkey's also performed "explorations" (i.e. harrassment) inside Cyprus's EEZ (south of the isl) - no red line crossed there?
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"It also seems bizarre for Mediterranean and European countries to be plunged into extraneous tensions when there are so many serious crises to keep them busy,..."
Ehm, it's not Greece that is spouting invasion threats on daily basis...
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Ehm, it's not Greece that is spouting invasion threats on daily basis...
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"Further complicating matters is that Turkey is a member of NATO but not of the European Union; Cyprus is a member of the European Union but not NATO; and Greece is a member of both, creating overlapping and conflicting loyalties."
What a wording!
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What a wording!
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In summary, exactly this:
My thread was meant to supplement this thread:
