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There has been a backlash in Greece against the much-discussed US State Department non-paper, which says Washington does not support construction of the EastMed pipeline on the grounds that the project is not economically viable and does not fit the US "green agenda.

Close Greek-Cypriot co-ordination to address Turkish provocation expected to be at the heart of current contacts by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Nicosia

The minister of Foreign Affairs the United Arab Emirates considers that Ankara is a major destabilizing power in the Mediterranean and the wider Middle East and that the politicization of religion poses a great risk

Ankara is claiming half of all of Cyprus' natural resources, despite the fact that the Turkish-Cypriots comprised on 20 percent of the island’s overall population at the time of the 1974 Turkish occupation.

Mitsotakis sent a message to Turkey that the project will contribute to peace and geopolitical stability.

'The Act enhances United States’ engagement in the Eastern Mediterranean and reaffirms its commitment to strengthening and expanding its strategic energy and security cooperation with its key allies.'

Greece is working to create a security umbrella including Israel and Cyprus in the face of Turkey’s hostile actions in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean.

With many underlining the geopolitical benefits for Greece of the planned EastMed gas pipeline, Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis took pains to stress that the project is not aimed at Turkey.

The US envoy also expressed support for the Greece-Israel-Cyprus strategic cooperation in the energy sector and its link to Egypt.

Anastasiades said that he discussed with Mitsotakis ways to confront Turkish provocations in Cyprus’ EEZ.

The Greek government’s statements of condemnation obviously do not address the issue, nor does a merely formal alignment of the government and the opposition suffice to confront Ankara’s provocations.

There is very little the EU, which lacks a Union army, can do in the situation except perhaps for imposing some kind of economic sanctions.

'By lifting the U.S. Arms Embargo on Cyprus and extending necessary Foreign Military Assistance to Greece, this legislation brings forth a comprehensive approach to the stability of key regional partners,” said Senator Mark Rubio.

Russia and Turkey were the staunchest opponents internationally of the Greece-North Macedonia Prespa Agreement.

The manoeuvres have been touted as Turkey’s biggest ever, covering a terrain including the Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea.

The Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has traveled to Jerusalem for a summit meeting...