Mediterranean developments, New Military Agreement, Greece - Israel

Concern in Turkey for a new, secret Axis Greece-Israel

Anxiety caused largely by the Turkish press and think tanks in the country, the story about the secret visit of the Greek Chief of Naval Staff Admiral George KARAMALIKI, in Israel.Turkish newspapers referred the news published in the popular Israeli website Debka File.

According to the publication of Debka File, Gen. KARAMALIKI secretly visited Israel in December and was received with unusual rates for foreign military factors. Guided not by the Israeli counterpart of bases that Israel considers essential, and given an opportunity to visit submarines, ships and weapons systems that Israel considers exclusivity secrets, and their existence reveals only the closest allies.Among these, the submarine INS Dolphin 800, considered the most important deterrent to Israel.

The site has a valid reason to approach Greece - Israel while the cooling of relations between Greece - Turkey and saw the recent secret visit another demonstration of this approach. As Ankara turned its back on traditional ally to turn to Syria and Iran, Israel reassessed the possibility ally with Greece. The Turkish press refers to "exchange of visits between Greece and Israel can no longer be considered routine visits.

Both the Israeli site, and the - generally exposed nerves - the Turkish press reports indicate that military cooperation between Greece - Israel is not new, and was a joint exercise in June 2008 between the Navy and Air Force two countries.Israel pushed closer to Greece's exclusion from NATO air exercise in central Anatolia, in general view of many Turkish analysts.

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