Greece and 'Israel' enter into military alliance against Turkey

5 September 2011

Defense ministers of Greece and "Israel", Panos Beglitis and Ehud Barak, signed on Sunday in Zionists-occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem) a memorandum on military cooperation between the two countries, reports the Greek Ministry of Defense.

The content of the memorandum was not disclosed. The head of the Greek Defense Ministry said that the two governments are all set up for future close cooperation.

He also claimed that Greece does not address its ties with "Israel" as an affront to other countries in the region.

"Our relations with "Israel" are not under the influence of the current situation", said Beglitis, who became the first Minister of Defense of Greece to visit "Israel".

Relation between the two countries improved significantly in 2010 after a serious rift between "Israel" and Turkey because of the carnage perpetrated by the Zionists against the Freedom Flotilla trying to bring the humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Greece and Turkey traditionally regard each other as potential adversaries, despite a slight thaw in relations in recent years.

Therefore, the assurances of politicians in Athens that Greece is going to become a friend with "Israel" not to the detriment of Ankara is unlikely to be perceived in Turkey with confidence.

Over the past year, Greece and "Israel" exchanged visits of prime ministers and conducted joint military exercises.

In turn, Turkey recently announced, that it intends to strengthen its naval fleet in the Mediterranean to ensure the safety and freedom of the movement of ships.

It is to be also recalled that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently ordered his Foreign Ministry to start preparing for a visit to Gaza that is occupied by "Israel".

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman said: "We now want to choose the most convenient date for the visit. Our goal is to draw international attention to unfair embargo by "Israel" against Gaza".

Another Turkish representative directly warned: "Eastern Mediterranean will cease to be a place where Israeli" military can bully merchant navy vessels".

The Turks also intend to maintain a maritime route between "Israel" and Cyprus, in an area that the two countries jointly declared an exclusive economic zone, where gas production will soon be started.

"Israeli" press has already reacted to this statement of the Turkish government, pointing out that Erdogan will sail to Gaza accompanied by the Turkish Navy.

In turn, the leader of the Zionist regime Netanyahu announced that he didn't not believe that Turkey would dare to use its navy to break the blockade of Gaza.

Department of Monitoring
Kavkaz Center

Source: Kavkaz Center.
Link: http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2011/09/05/15068.shtml.