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News Navtex issued by Turkey for exercise between Rhodes and Kastelorizo.
Navtex in detail:
TURNHOS N / W: 1507/20 (Antalya NAVTEX Station) (Date published: 12-04-2020 11:29 AM)
TURNHOS N / W: 1507/20
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
1. TRIGGERING EXERCISE, FROM 090500Z DECEMBER 20 TO 100700Z DECEMBER 20 IN THE 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.
2. CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 100800Z DECEMBER 20.
Michel: the EU is ready to impose sanctions on Turkey
THE European Union is ready to impose sanctions towards his behavior Anchor, said previously the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
“We contacted Turkey in October and our assessment is negative with the continuation of unilateral actions and hostile rhetoric.” We will have a debate during the European summit on December 10 and we are ready to use the means at our disposal to impose sanctions on the situation, “said Charles Michel at a press conference.
“I think that’s his game cat and his mouse “It must stop,” he warned.
“If Ankara continues its illegal actions, we will use it all tools We have it at our disposal ”, warned the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during the European summit in October. At that time, the European Union had made an opening proposal to Ankara accompanied by a threat if Turkey did not stop its actions, which had already been condemned by the EU. The decision taken then was to investigate the situation in the European Union. December summit.
The President of the Commission had stated in October that the Commission had financial penalties and they are ready to go into effect.
Unanimity is necessary to impose sanctions. But Germany has so far blocked sanctions against Ankara in the hope of reaching an agreement “to develop constructive relations with Turkey.”
“There will be decisions at the European summit, but their scope has not yet been decided,” European sources said. “We have to see the positions that Germany and Poland will adopt,” explained a minister.
