Editorial Ta Nea: Sobriety in foreign relations

International relations is a dynamic field that is constantly shifting.

It is largely determined by the geostrategic balances in any given period and the actions of individual countries.

Greece is no exception, particularly in today’s fluid geopolitical situation.

In that sense, cries of pessimism or war-mongering rhetoric due to Turkey’s effort to forge new alliances (with the United Arab Emirates, for example) or its attempt to drive a wedge in Greece’s solid fronts, as in the case of Egypt, must be tempered.

Diplomacy is not a field for emotional outbursts or Manichaean schemes of “traitors-saviours”, but is rather a complex nexus of relationships that require long-term strategy.

Over recent years, Greece has adopted a multi-faceted policy in its foreign relations and that is how it should continue.

We are a country at the core of the European construct and a NATO member-state and therefore a force of stability in the Southeastern Mediterranean and the Western Balkans.

That is our basic road map, along with the deepening of our alliances.

Let us not allow outbursts and irresponsibility to prevail in our public statements, but instead let us leave the oversight of our strategy to the government.

We must also not forget that in the past we have paid dearly for the diplomacy of emotion.

Naturally, all of that does not mean that we can underestimate the moves of Ankara, but we must study them with care and sobriety.