North Macedonia joins the "military club" of Turkey: the Greek press is concerned about the rapprochement of the two countries

January 23 2023

The Turkish economy is gradually gaining strength, despite the difficulties that accompany the process, and is becoming the basis for the modernization of the army, the development of the national defense industry and the expansion of the country's geopolitical influence. Despite high inflation, the Turkish economy, including not without taking into account the available Russian energy sources, did not put the country into a state of shock.

Ankara has close relations with Azerbaijan, promoting the doctrine of "two countries - one people", established puppet regimes in parts of the territories of Syria and Libya, has strong positions in Georgia and is strengthening its role in the Balkans. In addition to Muslim Albania and Kosovo, Turkey's sphere of influence also includes the Slavic states of the region. Bulgaria has to reckon with Ankara's opinion. Military ties with North Macedonia are developing at an accelerated pace.

Last week, Skopje announced the signing of a contract with Turkey for the supply of 18 BORAN airborne towed 105-mm howitzers with a firing range of at least 17 km and a rate of fire of 6 rounds per minute, Slpress reports. According to the agreement, 6 guns will be shipped by 2025, and the next 12 by 2029. At the same time, BORAN was put into service with the Turkish Armed Forces just a few days earlier.

The President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, also announced the possibility of acquiring Bayraktar TB2 strike UAVs.

Pendarovski is keen to join the Turkish military club. He represents supporters of strengthening Turkish influence in the country. This, in turn, means further strengthening of Ankara's position in the Balkans.

- indicated in the Greek press, expressing concern about the rapprochement of the two countries.

As noted, Pendarovski actually proudly stated that many Macedonian officers were educated and trained in Turkish military schools.

For our part, we note that the rapprochement between Ankara and Skopje began in 2019. It was then that Macedonia was forced to change the name of the state because of the position of the Greek authorities, who saw it as an encroachment on their territorial integrity. Because of this, Athens in every possible way prevented its neighbor from joining the EU and created other difficulties for him. Ankara took advantage of the situation, which now leads to a jealous attitude on the part of Greece.

Author:: Evgeny Lyushilin

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Nexcom 23 January 2023 18: 34
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So it is necessary for the Greeks-Christ-sellers of Orthodox friendly Russia. Let now "on nails" live.
1. Zoldat_A 23 January 2023 18: 44
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  So it is necessary for the Greeks-Christ-sellers of Orthodox friendly Russia. Let now "on nails" live.
  
  Do our bookmakers still not accept bets on a war between two NATO countries? Not? But in vain. You can make as much money in politics as you can in football.
  1. Vyacheslav57 23 January 2023 19: 29
    
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    In principle, it all started for the sake of money (the Ukrainian crisis and the war), then they got into the taste and dragged the war to Europe, between NATO members. Soon they will not be up to us.
2. Machito 23 January 2023 18: 47
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  And friendly Albanians are sharpening knives on the Greeks: they want to chop off the north of Greece for themselves. The Bulgarians, I think, are also not averse to genocide the Greeks, as in WWII. Greece has many friends, and all of them are in NATO. After the supply of weapons to Ukraine, Russia is definitely not a friend of Greece.
  Why hasn't there been a massacre in the Balkans for a long time?
  1. Nexcom 23 January 2023 18: 53
    
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    IMHO, the Turks will gradually achieve their goal and resolve old issues .....
    1. tihonmarine 23 January 2023 19: 35
      
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      IMHO, the Turks will gradually achieve their goal and resolve old issues ..
      
      Rather yes than no.
    2. Mavrikiy 23 January 2023 20: 14
      
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      IMHO, the Turks will gradually achieve their goal and resolve old issues ....
      
      Only with Erdogan. Other "sultans" are also for robbery, but they will not be able to carry it out, they are too hot, but this Georgian knows how to think and wait ....
  2. Zoldat_A 23 January 2023 20: 50
    
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    Why hasn't there been a massacre in the Balkans for a long time?
    
    The Bulgarians will be surprised that the "brothers" will not come to die for them again!
  3. Stella Haddad 24 January 2023 04: 57
    
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    You look at the composition and strength of the armies of Albania, Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Greece annihilates without any problems
3. stelltok 23 January 2023 19: 15
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  So it is with the Greeks
  
  Why is Turkey better? For me it's the same.
  1. Johnson Smithson 23 January 2023 20: 37
    
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    at least by the fact that it did not impose sanctions and gray imports to Russia go through it
    1. stelltok 23 January 2023 21: 54
      
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      at least by the fact that it did not impose sanctions and gray imports to Russia go through it
      
      Turkey needs this to solve its inflation problems.
      Secondly, the EU countries themselves trade with the Russian Federation.
      That is, it is beneficial for the EU countries to trade with the Russian Federation. But they don't say it openly.
      The EU does everything through intermediaries.
tralflot1832 23 January 2023 18: 37
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For the right to be called Macedonians, without any northern ones, you can also embed the Greeks. In general, are Greeks Greeks? Or do they only have the ruins of the Parthenon?
1. Vladimir80 23 January 2023 18: 40
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  A good house, a good climate - what else does a Greek need to meet old age...
2. Zoldat_A 23 January 2023 18: 50
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  In general, are Greeks Greeks? Or do they only have the ruins of the Parthenon?
  
  For the fact that they lived happily on loans for several years and did not work, that their electric train driver received a salary as in Germany the head of a transport railway hub (here it is, happiness and prosperity!) - now they are paying and I don’t know already - "Their Parthenon" still or not?
3. tihonmarine 23 January 2023 19: 40
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  .In general, are Greeks Greeks? Or do they only have the ruins of the Parthenon?
  
  And not only:
  Recently excavations have been carried out at the Sanctuary of Olympia, a complex of ancient temples and other religious buildings. Ironically, while digging through an old rubbish heap left behind by the Romans, archaeologists discovered a remarkable artifact. It was a clay tablet, made around the third century AD, on which 13 verses of the 14th book of the Odyssey were carved. The fragment is now considered to be the oldest written version of Homer's epic poem.
rocket757 23 January 2023 18: 41
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North Macedonia joins the "military club" of Turkey: the Greek press is concerned about the rapprochement of the two countries
. First they kindle hatred, and then you have to be afraid of everything ... dietism is on its way, it’s not called anything else.
Leshak 23 January 2023 18: 41
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The Turks use every convenient moment to strengthen their position in the region. And they try to conduct policy from a position of benefit for their country. At the same time, do not hesitate to do business with the warring parties. While sitting on two chairs, they are not bad at it. What happens next is debatable.
1. old 23 January 2023 19: 17
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  The Turks do not even need to do anything - the Greeks do everything for them. It is not possible to understand what the profit is, but they continue to do so. Have you seen enough of Armenia and want the same?
kamakama 23 January 2023 18: 53
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Again the Balkans, again the powder keg of Europe
1. Nexcom 23 January 2023 18: 59
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  Well, the Turks will genocide all the "superfluous" and silence will reign .....
Virus-free crown 23 January 2023 19: 16
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The only thing that confuses me is ... Every third or fourth article on world topics is like the Turks squeezed out for themselves against the backdrop of the mess that is happening in the world ... and no one even tries to stop them, even we ... we, on the contrary, we are going to give them a gas hub, so that they would steer them, as if they would knock on the head ...
this is not good ... we ourselves grow a monster with our own hands ... (((
1. rocket757 23 January 2023 22: 54
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  Russia comes only to PROTECT someone!
  Who is there to protect? Do we owe someone something?
  Themselves, now themselves, or let the minke whales and other gay Europeans help them.
bombaher 23 January 2023 19: 27
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The multi-vector Vucic will also eventually set up the Serbs, because he went against Russia
agoran 23 January 2023 19: 40
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Well, Orthodox Greeks, did overseas hosts help you?
That's right, the Turks will wake you up and take away territories.
And you can’t turn to the Russians, because you are rotten under the money of the Yankees.
fiv 24 January 2023 07: 46
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If history is driven through the door, it will enter through the window and kick it in the ass with its knee. Many European politicians feel like members of the global European world, forgetting, and sometimes not even knowing, the history of their homeland and people. But she comes and beats these politicians in different places. The Greeks spat - they spat into the well, and now, it turns out, there is nowhere to get drunk from.