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Two NATO member states MDASH; mdash; Turkey and Greece have been making a lot of trouble for the development of oil and gas fields in recent months, accusing each other alleged to infringe sovereignty, and dispatched warships to the eastern waters of the Mediterranean to show military strength.NATO's desire to cool the situation has been intervened, announcing that the two parties have agreed to hold technical talks, but they will be rejected by Greece soon. In addition to the lack of the mechanism of the dispute between member states due to NATO, the shortcomings of the United States have also caused the organization to lack leadership and leadership.paralysis.
Turkey and Greece's controversy in the exploration of oil and gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean have recently moved frequently.Since Greece and Egypt signed the marine border agreement on the 6th of this month, and the exclusive economic zone of the two countries is determined to prepare for drilling energy.The army declared sovereignty, so that there would be a chance to worry about the fire.
In order to solve the confrontation between Turkey and Greece, NATO Secretary -General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Thursday (3rd) that the two countries have agreed to hold technical talks to avoid accidental military conflicts in the region and be inTwitter issued a personal statement, emphasizing that he would keep close contact with all allies and seek the spirit of solving the tension with the spirit of NATO unity.However, shortly after the news, Trottenberg's kindness was rejected by Greece.According to an anonymous Greek officials, the Associated Press told the Associated Press that NATO's suggestions did not match reality, and emphasized that only Turkish vessels were completely sprinkled to cool down the situation.
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The evils of Turkey and Greece dates back to the Ausman Empire. After the two countries independence as the national country, the relationship not only has not seen improvement, but also has time to meet each other.Since the establishment of Cyprus in 1960, Turkey and Greece both want to fight for the control of the Greek and Turkish places. However, after the Greek supports the Cyprus military in 1974, Turkey also sent the army to the island to counter it.Separate Cyprus into two facts in the south and north.
However, the current international pattern is already different from the Cold War. It makes it difficult for Turkey and Greece to obey the higher authoritative NATO command without reservation, and the situation makes the situation more difficult to cool down.When Turkey and Greece joined the NATO in 1952, the main reason was that the two countries' Soviet satellite countries approaching the Black Sea were regarded by Western countries as the target of Western countries.Therefore, when Cyprus was at the cusp in 1974, the United States was willing to take the initiative to intervene in the political situation and seduce the ceasefire agreement between the two countries. In fact, the front line of communism will not be split due to internal fighting.But nowadays, NATO member states have long lost the Soviet ideological enemy to maintain friendship. The vision of each member country naturally transferred from the outside and put national interests first.
However, NATO is not only in Turkey and Greece's ghosts, but even France, which is far away, is about to move.In the middle of last month, French President Emannuel Macron ordered the French army to go to the Eastern Mediterranean to assist Greece and accused Turkey unilaterally exploration of the sea bed.However, the position not only shows that France also ignores the status of NATO member states, and chooses to support Greece to support Greece, but also allows Turkey to reduce the famous allies.At the same time, under the influence of Trump's unilateralism, Washington's crisis against the eastern Mediterranean also kept silent, and he was unwilling to mediate the deadlock as a NATO leader. As a result, only German Chancellor Merkel was aloneSupport, retain the style of leaders of great powers, and invite Turkish President Erdogan to seek solutions.Therefore, although NATO, as a collective defense mechanism for a long time, is also because the organization does not deal with the internal contradiction mechanism. Therefore, once the leader's country is unwilling to fill this vacuum area, it is not surprising that the internal division is deepened in the future.
