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Under close surveillance is the Turkish research Oruc Reis sailing within the Greek continental shelf. Political and military leaders are on alert. The internationalist and deputy of Serres and secretary of International Relations of ND, Tassos Hadjivassiliou, speaks to Newsbomb.gr.
Turkey has decided to intensify the climate in the “more than five” of exploratory contacts, it shook in the air any mediation process that had been launched in the previous period in order to set a precedent for Greece and not only.
On Wednesday night, the Oruc Reis was located to the south and west of Kastelorizo, always according to the position emitted by its transmitter and was sailing at low speed. The number of four knots the ship has may be due to cable laying but no investigation is estimated.
the Newsbomb.gr contacted the deputy of Serres from ND, Tassos Hadjivassiliou to discuss all the latest movements of Turkey with Oruc Reis, the reaction of Greece and the aspirations of Tayyip Erdogan.
As pointed out Tasos Hadjivassiliou, responding to a relevant question about the distance maintained by the Turkish investigator from Kastelorizo, “the violation is the same, whether it is 6.5 nautical miles or 30 nautical miles. It is found on the Greek continental shelf and not in territorial waters. It’s still a violation».
He notes that “Greece will do whatever is necessary to face the challenges” and adds with regard to the diplomatic efforts of Athens that “Greece proves to the international community that Turkey is not a regional problem, but its challenges threaten European security as a whole.”
On the choice of the moment when Turkey takes the situation to extremes in the eastern MediterraneanHadjivassiliou emphasizes that Tayyip Erdogan wanted to disconnect from exploratory contacts because “As reaffirmed after the last summit of the European Union, the agenda of these contacts concerns only the demarcation of the continental shelf, something that the Turkish president wanted to avoid since he wants to raise many more questions.”
Talking to Newsbomb.gr, the MP for New Democracy affirms that the European Union gave Turkey time, after the challenges of the summer, to demonstrate that it is not a threat to security in the region and that the de-escalation would continue before the last Summit.
“But things are clear and the European Union does not have to wait until December to assess Turkey’s position.” “The reality is obvious, as Ankara is infused with imperial fantasies.” takes note of Tassos Hadjivassiliou and concludes by saying that this attitude of Ankara does not only concern Greece.
“The Blue Homeland theory and the interventions in Libya, Syria and the Caucasus prove it,” he said.
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