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The situation in the Eastern Mediterranean is deteriorating day by day.
As the days go by, the Erdogan make more and more clear its intentions to unite the Greek party in a hot episode.
From the moment the Turk “saw” that his European leaders gave credit until DecemberAs for sanctions, Ankara is stepping up and escalating the challenges.
In the context of its creation strategy carried out to the detriment of the sovereignty and sovereign rights of our country, “Send” the Oruc Reis, closer and closer to Kastelorizo, while with an illegal map it “delimits” the area of Turkish jurisdiction for search and rescue within the borders of what it calls “Blue Homeland”, “Aging” half the Aegean.
Erdogan himself made it clear, with inflammatory rhetoric, that Turkey would continue to pursue its own objectives in the region.
The next days for the expiration of the illegal Turkish Navtex, on October 22, are considered critical, with the Greek side responding calmly, not wanting a military escalation.
However, and based on its firm position to respect the principles of International Law and the Law of the Sea, it will not leave unanswered any maneuver that violates its territorial waters.
The crucial question is how far the Oruc Reis will go and if it will eventually violate the 6-12 nautical miles of Kastelorizo.
Until last night, the research ship is in a nervous war between Ankara and Athens.
Turkey “lifted” the research vessel in the northern part of Navtex and is now about 25 nautical miles from Kastelorizo with a southwesterly route to the westernmost end of the illegal Navtex zone, while during his journey he approached the limit of 12 nautical miles from Strongyli and 14 nautical miles from Megisti.
Ankara is trying to create one complete situation, according to which Athens will not be able to exercise its legal rights either by expanding territorial waters to 12 nautical miles or by annihilating the Greek continental shelf and the EEZ.
In fact, if Turkey conducts studies 6.5 nautical miles from Kastelorizo, a plan included in the illegal NAVTEX, it means reducing Greece’s ability to have a continental shelf and an EEZ beyond 6 miles to zero, which it is an official Turkish position.
Athens is ready for all possibilities
The research movement further north has established the Armed Forces and especially the Navy on high alert which has significantly strengthened its presence in the region with strong Fleet units closely monitoring Turkish movements and providing a direct image of Athens at the center of operations.
“The political and military leadership is strong and determined to protect the rights and sovereignty of Greece,” said the Minister of National Defense.
The message that Greece is sending to Turkey and the international community is that it does not seek the militarization of crisis and war.
“The red line is national sovereignty and when we say national sovereignty we obviously mean national territorial waters, which today are defined in 6 nautical miles.”said Minister of State George Gerapetritis.
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