After Cairo deal, Turkey ups ante again

Athens is charting its course with regard to relations with Ankara in the face of fresh threats launched by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the aftermath of the "historic" agreement on the partial demarcation of Greece's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with Egypt, which has changed the balance in the Eastern Mediterranean.

In a meeting he chaired on Friday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis evaluated the announcement of Ankara's withdrawal from the process of exploratory contacts that were to start on August 28 as well as Erdogan's statement that "we will repeat the drilling activities" and he had sent the Barbaros vessel "again on a mission."

In view of this, Athens and the Hellenic Armed Forces have been placed on full alert, as an escalation by Ankara cannot be ruled out.

Within this context, Athens also anticipates that a new navigational telex...