Abdullah Gul in “TA NEA”: To jointly withdraw 12 miles and casus belli

If the Greek assertion to the twelve miles of Greek territorial waters is withdrawn, then the Turkish statement connected the casus belli will automatically suffer its necessity and function, erstwhile Turkish President Abdullah Gul argues successful his interrogation with “TA NEA”. Regarding the Cyprus issue, the erstwhile Turkish president, who will enactment successful the Delphi Economic Forum (April 22-25), favors considering the anticipation of negotiating a two-state solution. Regarding the war successful Iran, helium criticizes the American operation, believes that it will person superior consequences and semipermanent consequences for the region, while emphasizing that there will beryllium a displacement successful the Gulf towards deeper practice with Beijing and a accelerated distancing from the US.

First of all, we request to enactment that the onslaught connected Iran was not ineligible oregon legitimate, from the constituent of view of planetary law. It is present a well-known information adjacent stated by some American officials that Tehran did not airs an imminent menace to the United States. Israel and its lobbies person managed to propulsion President Trump into this disastrous campaign. The U.S. present has go complicit to Israel’s actions by bombing schools successful Iran and creating immense devastation successful the region.

It was not a surprise that arsenic a effect Iran targeted U.S. subject facilities located successful the Gulf. Following this, hostilities will not vanish, with agelong term consequences reshaping the dynamics successful the region. The American miscalculation will person terrible consequences and costs for all.

Washington is present seen arsenic an unpredictable histrion by Gulf states. It is not a protector anymore, but the very crushed for instability. My conjecture is that there will beryllium a displacement successful the Gulf towards deeper practice with Beijing.

China appears arsenic a much predictable histrion that tin play a relation successful a aboriginal dialog betwixt Iran and the Gulf – it has bully relations with some sides. It was Beijing

that managed to broker a diplomatic woody betwixt Tehran and Riyad successful 2023. Beijing already has the economical upper-hand. Its style of governance and diplomacy is besides person to the vision of countries successful the Middle-East, arsenic opposed to the interventionist attack of the U.S. The displacement distant from the U.S. will beryllium faster than astir think.

Israel whitethorn spot itself arsenic a victor. But it is present much isolated than ever. It is seen arsenic the main instigator and liable of the war and devastation successful the region. The leaders of Middle-Eastern countries cannot disregard the strong fashionable feelings and hazard immoderate attempts of diplomacy with Tel-Aviv. Israel, for the foreseeable future, has forced its citizens to unrecorded successful fear, wrong a garrison-like country.

The Turkish enactment has been successful successful keeping the state retired of the scope of the conflict. This archetypal nonsubjective was achieved done a close geo-political positioning, together with balanced diplomacy and dialog with determination partners and Washington.

The 2nd nonsubjective is for bid to beryllium established to our south. Ankara has taken a liable stance and is contributing to efforts to extremity the war and make determination ownership. I think that such diplomatic effort is appreciated by Washington, particularly astatine a clip when President Trump seems to beryllium looking for a way retired of the war.

This does not mean that we hold with the American cognition successful Iran. Turkish authorities officials person criticised the onslaught connected Iran. NATO subject assets successful Türkiye are not being used successful combat operations successful the campaign. So this stance is clear.

At present, the U.S. is having a akin quality successful opinions with astir of its Allies. I judge that Türkiye’s stance arsenic a state successful the portion is understandable for Washington.

All wars extremity astatine some point. This 1 will besides end. What is important is the when, however and astatine what price. The subject powerfulness and technology factors are not connected its side, so Iran prefers undertaking assymetric warfare. Such a struggle tin resistance for a agelong time. The U.S. and the planetary system would bare a important outgo from this. Iran, connected the different hand, seems acceptable to carnivore the outgo of resisting. This is why they are a hard rival for the U.S. astatine the moment.

Tehran already mislaid its caput of state alongside different leaders, and cities crossed the state person been bombed for weeks. But Iran showed that the State mecahisms are intact and that its forces tin support fighting. Those acquainted with Iranian civilization will cognize that they are resilient and will similar a lose-lose result when the rival creates such a situation.

Unless the U.S. is acceptable to extremity the war, the struggle mightiness resistance on. So, for its ain bully arsenic well arsenic determination stability, Washington should find a way retired arsenic σύντομα arsenic possible.

Reciprocal visits and affirmative statements by the leaders of Türkiye and Greece are a necessity of bully neighbourliness. We should support exchanges that are based connected goodwill, openness, trust and empathy. The docket needs to stay positive, and not each hard topics tin beryllium included astatine once.

When it comes to Aegean issues, The Turkish attack is that these should beryllium taken into information arsenic a whole, and not arsenic topics that are abstracted from each other. The λύση should beryllium holistic and alteration the Aegean to go a oversea of cooperation. Of course, present again bilateral work will request to beryllium done successful goodwill.

You notation Türkiye arsenic seeking person ties with the EU, particularly successful defense. It would beryllium wrong to spot such practice arsenic lone a summation for Ankara. Türkiye is the 2nd biggest service successful NATO and has greatly contributed to the information of the Europe during the Cold War. Today, Türkiye is erstwhile again willing and susceptible of contributing to European information successful the look of caller threats and a caller order. Such practice is mutually beneficial for Türkiye and the EU.

Regarding your question connected Greece’s “casus belli” claim. The step taken years agone by the Greek Parliament to authorize the Greek Government to unilaterally widen Greek territorial waters from 6 to 12 nautical miles, would mean to erect a wall astir Türkiye successful the Aegean and chopped disconnected our exit to sea. I think it would beryllium utile for our Greek friends to envision it this way and try to look astatine the substance from the Turkish perspective.

Ankara had to respond to such a possibility, which it did 1 week aft the archetypal step by the Greek Parliament. The close λύση to this occupation would beryllium to withdraw these decisions together. If the Greek assertion to 12 miles is withdrawn, then the Turkish statement would automatically free its necessity and function. Reciprocal goodwill is the cardinal here.

In Cyprus, there is simply a world with two antithetic entities. In the past, the 1960 Republic was established according to a world of two chiseled peoples. The tragic events and aftermath are documented successful archives.

For decades, UN-led efforts person tried to solve the occupation and reunite the island. The Annan Plan with two adjacent constituent states came closest to a solution. I personally led the process connected our side. At the referendum successful 2004, Turkish Cypriots accepted the plan, nevertheless Greek Cypriots voted against it. Unfortunately, a realistic and large accidental was then lost. Subsequent negotiations based connected UN-criteria did not negociate to beforehand toward a resolution.

According to the astir caller study by the UN Personal Envoy of the Secretary General connected Cyprus, the two sides connected the land are not acceptable for a caller dialog process. Since the Greek Cypriot broadside is simply a subordinate of the EU, they are not funny successful power-sharing, which mightiness marque consciousness from their perspective. Since a compromise does not look possible, aft decades of unsuccessful attempts, it seems similar a healthier enactment present would beryllium to see negotiating a two-state λύση successful Cyprus.