Turkey-Greece conflict before escalation: Erdogan "ready for all consequences" - Athens is massively upgrading

In the dispute over natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean, the fronts between Turkey and Greece remain hardened.

Erdogan threatens the neighboring country again - it reacts.

• There is

  no rapprochement

  between

  Turkey

  and

  Greece

  in the

  conflict over natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean

  .

• The Turkish

  President Erdogan

  again issued

  threats

  .

• Meanwhile, Greece is increasing the number of troops on the

  EU's external border

  with Turkey - and is arming itself militarily.

Update from September 13th, 8.55 a.m.:

In the conflict between

and

over rich

, Athens has announced large arms purchases and an increase in the armed forces.

As announced by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, his country will order 18 French

Rafale

as well as

and

.

In addition, plans are being made to strengthen the national defense industry and

to recruit

almost

.

According to Mitsotakis, Turkey is “threatening” Europe's eastern border and “undermining” regional security. 

Turkey-Greece conflict: Erdogan threatens French President Macron

Meanwhile, Turkish

warned against "

messing

with the Turkish people".

Erdogan turned in particular to French President

.

This should not "mess" with Turkey, as Erdogan said during a televised address.

From the French side, President Macron called on Ankara on Thursday not to cross the "red lines" in the conflict in the eastern Mediterranean.

Previously,

its naval presence in the eastern Mediterranean to stand by Greece.

Turkey-Greece conflict before brutal escalation: Erdogan "ready for all consequences"

First report from September 7th, 10:43 a.m .:

Ankara / Athens - The dispute between

and

over

continues.

And the situation could escalate further.

From

addressed, the least harsh words of French President Emmanuel Macron, were again

towards Athens.

As before, Erdogan threatened Greece with consequences.

The head of state of Turkey affirmed in a speech in Istanbul on Saturday that the conflict is "ready for all possibilities and all consequences".

After the discovery of rich gas deposits in the eastern Mediterranean, both Greece and Turkey as well as Cyprus made claims to the corresponding sea areas in order to be able to mine the valuable raw material.

Natural gas dispute in the Mediterranean: Turkey with military maneuvers - Greece strengthens border troops

were also

sent

from Ankara and Athens, and

relations between the two NATO members have been extremely tense ever since.

Turkey's decision to

hold

another

in the region

on Sunday is

unlikely to change this.

The planned five-day

is to

take place

in the Turkish Republic of

, which is only recognized by Turkey.

Meanwhile, Greece has also announced that it will be relocating some units and increasing its military presence on the border with Turkey.

Deputy

justified this step on Sunday with the fear that the conflict between the two countries could lead to tensions on the Greek-Turkish border.

Natural gas dispute in the Mediterranean: Greece fears EU blackmail by Turkey

It cannot be ruled out that the Turkish leadership will again

order

to blackmail

the

and thereby prevent possible sanctions, Koumoutsakos told the news channel Skai.

"We are prepared for this and will respond as we did in March."

In March Erdogan declared the

with Greece and thus the EU as open to migrants.

As a result of this announcement, thousands of people headed west.

Ultimately, the Greek security forces had to

prevent

crossings into

.

There were words of thanks from EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

The

politician praised Greece's commitment, the country was the "European shield".

Option A: You sit down at the negotiating table, split up the production areas or even mine the gas together.

Option B: One shoots at each other and wages war. # Greece & # Turkey are still thinking - tendency B. 🙈

* Sarcasm # Mediterranean #Greece_Turkey #Erdogan pic.twitter.com/oAXImyRf3k

- Patrick Diekmann (@patdiekmann) September 1, 2020

Numerous officials from the European border protection agency Frontex are also stationed on the Evros river.

The EU has repeatedly criticized Turkish natural gas research in the sea areas south of the Greek islands of Kastelorizo ​​and southeast of the holiday islands of Rhodes and Crete.

A decision on EU sanctions against Turkey is to be made at the upcoming summit on September 24th and 25th.

Video: Dispute over natural gas in the Mediterranean Sea - Greece expands its territorial waters