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Athens prepares for resumption of GSI activity and potential Turkish reaction The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) is entering what may prove to be its most consequential phase so far.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
PM pursues strategy of deterrence and dialogue on Kastellorizo and Cairo visits Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s unusually long visit to Kastellorizo last weekend was intended to send a message extending well beyond Greece’s easternmost inhabited island.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
PM seeks balance between dialogue and deterrence as ties with Turkey falter Athens is seeking to respond to the latest escalation with Turkey on two levels: by keeping communication channels open to prevent tensions from turning into a crisis, while at the same time making its red lines on sovereignty and sovereign rights explicitly — and increasingly — clear in writing.
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Greece facing period of renewed tension with Turkey in Aegean The latest escalation in Greek–Turkish relations is being assessed in Athens with growing concern — not because officials believe a confrontation is necessarily imminent, but because Ankara is gradually reintroducing almost all the issues that had been kept at relatively low intensity since the February 2023 earthquakes and the subsequent Athens Declaration.
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Seabed surveys for GSI set to pose next test in Greek–Turkish relations The planned resumption of seabed surveys for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) is rapidly emerging as the next major test in Greek–Turkish relations, as Athens prepares to restart work on the electricity link between Greece and Cyprus while rejecting Ankara’s assertion that activities in parts of the Eastern Mediterranean require prior coordination with Turkey.
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Turkey’s Mecca pact adds complexity for Athens as marine parks stir familiar concerns For Athens, two recent developments - Turkey’s formal establishment of two marine parks and its participation in the new Mecca Joint Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan - belong to different diplomatic theatres but appear to form part of the same strategic picture.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Athens condemns Turkey’s marine parks as illegal; tensions rise at awkward moment for PM Turkey has reignited tensions in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean with the publication of two presidential decrees establishing national marine parks in areas that Greece considers to lie either in international waters or within its own continental shelf.
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Cyprus faces critical August test as UN pushes for diplomatic results in peace talks August is traditionally considered a quiet month for diplomacy in Europe. In Cyprus, however, the coming weeks could determine whether the renewed international mobilisation around the island develops into the first serious attempt in years to restart negotiations — or ends as yet another diplomatic exercise without substantive results.
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Athens bets on French backing to break GSI deadlock with Turkey The agreement signed on Wednesday in Athens, allowing French infrastructure investment group Meridiam to acquire a 66 pct majority stake in the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), is far more than a corporate transaction. It represents a fundamental geopolitical recalibration of one of the European Union’s most strategically important energy projects.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
French entry into cable project reframed as geopolitical win amid recycling tenders scrutiny PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis hopes that the inking of a deal injecting French participation into a landmark cross-border infrastructure project will issue a strong signal going into the summer recess, embodying both his government’s ability to attract large-scale inward investment and to project regional influence.