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In a provocative new statement, Turkey’s Foreign Minister continued the search for the Turkish ship of the German open frigate Libya, warning that Turkey would “respond to the field of action” for the incident, adding that the Turkish command President must do whatever is needed.
According to the Anadolu agency, Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu said that “we will give an answer in the field of action, while we will monitor the legal and political procedures. We will do whatever is necessary. That is the order of our president.”
It should be noted that previously, and in response to the Turkish accusations about yesterday’s incident in the context of Operation “Irini”, the European Commission took a written statement from Foreign Affairs representative Peter Stano.
Given the ship’s heading, Stano said in a written statement, there were “reasonable suspicions that it may have been acting in violation of the UN arms embargo,” which is being monitored by Operation Irini. (The announcement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry speaks of “vague suspicions”).
Before embarkation, “as provided in UN Security Council Resolution 2292”, the participants in the operation “made a genuine effort” to obtain Turkey’s consent, advising the Turkish Foreign Minister with four hours in advance “in accordance with international shipping practice.”
Operation “Irini”, in fact, “agreed to extend this deadline by one hour at the request of the Turkish embassy in Rome” (where the headquarters of the operation is located). “Not having received a response from Turkey during this period, Operation Irini boarded the ship and inspected it in accordance with internationally agreed procedures, including NATO procedures. The board of directors of the company” Irini “acted with the highest degree of professionalism and no incidents were recorded during the action. “
The inspection, according to the statement, “was later suspended when Turkey officially and belatedly notified Operation Irini that it was denying its permission to inspect the ship.” “Until then, the audit had provided no evidence of illegal material and the ship had been given the green light to continue its course.” Security Council resolutions on the arms embargo, Peter Stano concludes, are binding on all UN member states, including the Republic of Turkey.
