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Your concern about the possibility, if the Turkey decide to proceed with the issuance of one more NAVTEX Continue with seismic surveys to locate the “Oruc Reis” hydrocarbons in the southeastern Mediterranean, to include officials from the Pentagon Express and Kastelorizo.
The concerns on the Greek side are mainly based on the fact that the borders of the maritime areas that block from NAVTEX to NAVTEX the Turks are moving further and further north, getting even more threateningly closer to the Megisti complex.
Indicatively to point out that the most recent of these, which was issued earlier this week after the previous three by the Antalya Hydrographic Office, placed the northern end of the area it blocks only 32 miles from its shores. Kastelorizo.
The specific NAVTEX is valid from September 1 to 12, while its announcement was accompanied by a crescendo of aggressive statements by Turkish government officials, at the center of which was the presence of a military guard on the remote island.
In some cases, in fact, Turkish media, citing reports from Turkish agents, released images of a regular change in the Kastelorizo National Guard unit accompanied by direct threats to the island’s security.
However, through the announcement of this particular NAVTEX, the Turkey it goes one step further by reducing the distance from the northern borders of the illegally occupied zone not only from Kastelorizo, but also from the southeastern coasts of Rhodes and Karpathos. At the same time, the decrease in its western part is evident, which now coincides with the 28th meridian.
Note that this meridian, which crosses the rose, is of particular importance for Turkish planning in the south-eastern Mediterranean, as it is the western end of a huge maritime zone that starts from there and reaches the Gulf of Alexandretta.
This is an area that Turkey considers its own, trying to appropriate the hydrocarbon deposits it contains. Another key element that makes the role of the 28th meridian important for Turkish aspirations is related to Ankara’s rhetoric that Kastelorizo has no influence on its demarcation. Greek EEZ.
This fact, in combination with the recent statements of the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Tsavousoglu The partial issuance of naval instructions for the “Oruc Reis” for another 90 days has caused concern in the Pentagon, circles of which consider the scene of a further escalation of tension, which could even lead to a heated episode due to an accident or a deliberate Turkish action.
An indicative element in this direction was the double harassment received by the torpedo boat from the Ministry of Defense, which a few days ago replaced the ship planned in the Kastelorizo area. According to the information, while the Greek ship was moving in the sea zone east of Rhodes in the direction of the Megisti complex, a corvette of the Turkish Navy tried to approach it, but without success due to the speed it had developed. A short time later, a Turkish flying radar type CN-235 arrived in the area, making an extremely low pass and at a distance of only 100 meters next to the Greek ship.
The same circles of staff, in order to demonstrate the intention of the Turks to maintain the current situation in the region, also refer to the recent publication of the German newspaper “The worldAccording to which Recep Tayyip Erdogan allegedly asked his generals to sink a Greek ship or shoot down a fighter and which was denied by the Turkish Foreign Ministry with a 48-hour delay, as well as reports from the pro-government Turkish media, according to the “Oruc ReisHaving operated in an area of more than 2,000 kilometers so far, it will carry out two more missions in the southeast Mediterranean in September.
In the context of facing the situation, which is at least evolving, the scenarios considered by the Greek side are reflected in the ongoing meetings held recently at the Ministry of National Defense, with the participation of some of them in addition to the military leaders and politicians. . The relevant plans already include the parameter with the greatest escalation of intensity, up to the possibility of causing a hot episode, anticipating the taking of the pertinent operational measures.
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