East Med: That’s why Turkey is furious and now wants a hot episode in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The activation of the East Med project, whose natural gas pipeline will be ready in 2025, sounded like a bomb to Turkish ears.
Plans for the East Med had been abandoned due to cheap gas from Russia, but now that there is no cheap gas due to the Russo-Ukrainian war, every alternative is on the table.
The main alternative source of natural gas is East Med, which will transport natural gas to Europe from the fields of Cyprus and Israel to the Eastern Mediterranean.
Turkey as it stands is out of the plans for the East Med, which it knows will further marginalize it.
Thus, Ankara is trying to gray any area it can, so that it can sit at the negotiating table.
At the same time, it should be noted that Italy is also ready to have and maintain a significant military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Eni is investigating the existence of a huge deposit on Cypriot land and this time Turkish frigates will not chase the Italian ships, as was done two years ago.
