2023/08/23
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Although the United States withdrew its support for the ambitious 2,000-kilometer Eastern Mediterranean natural gas pipeline project, known as EastMed, about a year and a half ago, its consortium known as Posidon, which consists of “Depa,” the operator of Greek Gas Network and “Edison” Energy Group, continues its engineering studies which are expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
2023/08/22
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced during the recent visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Egypt that his country is considering a quadrilateral meeting in Cairo between the heads of Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus to discuss the tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean and bring together views regarding the demarcation of maritime borders and the possibility of Turkey joining the East Mediterranean Gas Forum.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
2023/07/26
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Secretary of the Turkish Studies Department at the Iranian Association of West Asian Studies said: Turkey is trying to pass through the tensions it experienced with some countries in the region and its neighbors in the past years and put the policy of reducing tension seriously on its agenda. The increase in tensions has negatively affected the country’s economy, and now Ankara is not in a good position to bear more costs.
2023/07/26
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After a decade of severance of diplomatic relations, Turkey and Egypt announced in a joint statement promotion of their political ties and nominated their ambassadors in Ankara and Cairo. The two sides announced that their goal behind “normalization and expansion of relations” is in line with the interests of the people of the two countries. From the point of view of the two countries, the re-normalization of relations will show the mutual will to develop bilateral relations in line with providing the interests of the people of Turkey and Egypt. The normalization was welcomed by the Secretary General of the Arab League, who considered it a positive development to create peace in the region and strengthen diplomatic relations to solve problems effectively.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
2023/07/18
Strategic Council Online – Interview: According to an expert on international affairs, since Greece owns the largest shipping industry in the world with 4901 ships and transports about 20 percent of all goods in the world, it will have strategic importance for the energy supply of the European Union, especially after the war in Ukraine.
