N. Lygeros (OPUS) Translated from the Greek [1] by Evi Charitidou
Even if there were not a single deposit in the Greek EEZ, we ought to
proclaim it in this case also, on strategy grounds. Political maturity
has now reached this level. However, when examining ‘Levantine’ and
‘Herodotus’ basins with their bearing analogies and similarities also
with the deposits found especially in Israel and Cyprus too, we are not
any longer talking about chances of finding deposits, but about a
tangible reality, which consists of six deposits (five in Israel and one
in Cyprus), already having 1 trillion m3 natural gas.
Moreover, three
out of these deposits belong to the top five of the current decade
globally. Consequently, political thinking has to be fed with these data
changing the older ones. Without this analysis, any geopolitical
consideration of the area is mistaken. Now political thinking supplied
with these economic data must take strategy decisions. For, the
seriousness of the matter requires strategic planning as well.
The EEZ
proclamation framework is indispensable not only for Greece, but also
for Cyprus. The latter has already submitted two projects for European
enterprises: Interconnector EuroAsia and the pipeline. In both cases,
the Greek EEZ is a necessary passage to feed the European Union. In
other words, Greece de facto becomes an energy hub, but she must become
this de jure as well. When political thinking additionally comprehends
that we also have energy reserves which may be connected to the previous
ones also through the double pipeline suggested by DEPA (Public Gas
Corporation), then it will change phase. If we examine these elements at
macropolitics level, we then realize that the Greek EEZ proclamation
must take place as soon as possible. And after delimiting and plot
charting we can move on to the drilling phase. This should take place
close to Albania as well in the sea area, of course, with Italy at the
‘Pyrros’ deposit, in the Ionian Sea at ‘Achilles’ one, in Southern Crete
etc.
All this is in the UNCLOS framework and not only does it offer us
a vision, which can be materialized without any investment on the part
of Greece, who simply allots sea areas, but it also offers macroeconomic
growth, one that cannot be compared to any other step. With EEZ and
high strategy, political thinking can reach the level of macropolitics
to escape common conventionalities never leading anywhere. It is only in
this way that our country will survive; by strategically taking
advantage of the Greek EEZ.
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