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the Quick travel continues its journey to the Eastern Mediterranean in the area defined by the latter Turkish Navtex.
The questions for the Turkish research ship are twofold:
First, if it happens the 12 mile zone of your complex Kastelorizo.
Second, if it will continue its course after Thursday when it ends the Navtex and with it the informal term granted to Ankara by Germany and France.
Duration intensity
However, there is no indication that we are heading towards a reduction. Instead, we have two new signs that the tension will continue.
1. Turkey has defined search and rescue area of responsibility that covers a large part of the Aegean, within Greek territory. The Greek chancellor spoke of an arbitrary and illegal measure that endangers human lives.
2. The Minister of Energy of Turkey, Fatih donmez, I declare that:
“We continue our work in the eastern Mediterranean. First we X-ray the area and then we drill. We do seismic studies in areas where we see gas flow. We have seismic studies in our area off Kas.” After examining the data and if we find possibilities, we will send our floating drilling rig to drill. “
As long as the intensity lasts, what he said is indicative Stelios Petsas in briefing:
“But it is not only this week or it is not the next. It is a continuous assessment of Turkish behavior, which constantly tends to take new provocative actions and not comply with the European Council Conclusions, whether on October 1 and 2, or the last week. That is why Germany, France and the rest of Europe are evaluating this. “
Greek movements
In Athens the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a series of movements that constitute a Greek diplomatic counterattack. Specifically, according to your ad FOREIGN MINISTER, Greek diplomacy proceeds to:
–letter to the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, which denounces the highly destabilizing behavior of Turkey,
– letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, in which, in addition to being informed of the latest developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, it is emphasized that Turkish behavior not only contradicts the basic rules of conduct of an allied country, but also creates the risk of destabilizing the Southeast Wing of the NATO and contradicts their predictions. Preamble to the Greece-United States Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement,
– letter to the High Representative of the EU and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell on Turkish crime, which will emphasize our country’s fundamental right to invoke article 42.7 of the Treaty on European Union (mutual solidarity clause),
– complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) the illegal announcement of the extension of the Turkish search and rescue area of responsibility, which overlaps areas of Greek sovereignty and jurisdiction, which therefore does not produce legal results and at the same time does not serve the purposes of safety of human life ,
–parallel complaint to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the same problem,
– realization by the embassy in Ankara intense protest to the turkish side,
– immediate information from the European Border Guard-FRONTEX, which operates in a part of said area within the Greek jurisdiction.
–promote Turkey’s destabilizing role internationally and at the same time to highlight to the competent international organizations the continuous and daily deterioration of the human rights situation in Turkey.
Everything shows that we will have continuity …
