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Turkey is making a barrage of provocative actions, as it announced live-fire exercises in the central Aegean on the National Day of October 28 – According to a second Navtex, the exercises will be held in the maritime zone, between Rhodes and Kastelorizo.
With these movements, Ankara drops a “bomb” on the planned dialogue with Athens.
Exercise on the 25th meridian …
Turkey has issued two navtexes, from the Izmir and Antalya hydroelectric plants, announcing exercises with live fire.
In the first case, in fact, according to the coordinates, the joining area extends to the central Aegean, and specifically to the area of the sea in front of Evia, Skyros, Psara and Chios.
This maritime zone extends around the 25th meridian, at the point where they dream of dividing the Aegean.
Navtex for the three days of October 26, 27 and 28 in the Central Aegean:
TURNHOS N / W: 1246/20 (İzmir NAVTEX Station) (Date published: 10-07-2020 21:21)
TURNHOS N / W: 1246/20
AEGEAN SEA
- TRIGGERING EXERCISE, ON OCTOBER 26.27 20 FROM 0600Z TO 1300Z AND OCT 28 20 FROM 0500Z TO 0900Z IN AREA LIMITED BY;
38 45.00 N – 025 21.00 E
38 45.00 N – 024 52.00 E
38 18.00 N – 024 52.00 E
38 18.00 N – 025 21.00 E
CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED.
- CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 281000Z OCTOBER 20.
Back in Rhodes and Kastelorizo
The provocation of the Turks does not stop in the central Aegean, since, for the third time, they announce an exercise with live fire in the maritime zone between Rhodes and Kastelorizo.
Navtex for this exercise:
TURNHOS N / W: 1245/20 (Antalya NAVTEX Station) (Date published: 10-07-2020 21:19)
TURNHOS N / W: 1245/20
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
- SHOOTING EXERCISE, ON THE DAYS 9 AND 10 OF OCTOBER 20 FROM 0300Z TO 0830Z IN AREA LIMITED BY;
36 50.00 N – 028 22.00 E
36 50.00 N – 029 08.00 E
36 08.00 N – 029 11.00 E
36 08.00 N – 028 24.00 E
CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED.
- CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 100930Z OCTOBER 20.
