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The search and rescue area that Ankara has illegally declared as its own, in the Aegean. With the color purple, the new area added by the Turks.
The Greek Foreign Ministry responded immediately to the announcement, on behalf of Ankara, of a new illegal search and rescue zone.
The move adds to the long list of Turkish arbitrariness and illegal claims in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean, the foreign minister said, adding that Turkish actions would once again go against the international legitimacy with which Turkey ultimately owes reconcile.
The reaction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs comes a few hours after the publication of a new map with which Ankara appears to have “marked” half of the Aegean and the entire region from Crete to Cyprus, as a search and rescue zone.
Greetings to Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni.# Blue We expanded our search and rescue area of responsibility to include the search areas of our national ships operating in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Congratulations on our new National Search and Rescue Plan for our country. pic.twitter.com/EkDqxZaY1c
– Adil Karaismailoğlu (@akaraismailoglu) October 17, 2020
The map was published by the Turkish Minister of Transport, Adil Karaismailoglu, and accompanied it with the following message:
“Greetings to Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni. In our Blue Homeland, we have expanded the search and rescue area in a way that will include the areas where our research ships operate. The new search and rescue plan is caloric.”
The reply of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in detail:
“The Turkish area of search and rescue responsibility, which was arbitrarily defined by the new Turkish law, as well as that defined by the 1988 Turkish law, is illegal to the extent that it covers areas of Greek sovereignty and jurisdiction, therefore It does not produce legal results, Beyond that, however, it is not based on operational criteria and does not serve the purposes of the safety of human life.
The Greek area of responsibility, which has been defined in the 1950s by the ICAO Regional Air Navigation Agreements and declared since 1975 to the competent International Maritime Organization (IMO), coincides with the Athens FIR and is in line with IMO and ICO recommendations. as included in the International Naval and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Manual (IAMSAR Manual). It is highlighted that, in practice, Greece, through the competent Greek Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) in Piraeus, effectively coordinates all search and rescue operations in its area of responsibility, providing services in this case to all those at risk. ships and planes.
It is clear that Turkey, with this latest move that has purely political motives, does not hesitate to cause confusion, putting human lives at risk. This movement adds to the long list of Turkish arbitrariness and illegal claims in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, which are also responsible for the unprecedented escalation of the last period. “Turkish actions will once again run contrary to the international legitimacy with which Turkey must finally reconcile.”
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