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Turkey made a new provocative move on Wednesday night, issuing a new Navtex for Oruc Reis and at the same time demanding the demilitarization of Psara.
With this new Navtex, Turkey extends the existing one until October 27, which will be completed tomorrow. In particular, this time the areas are open from Faliraki and Lindos and on the border of the EEZ agreement with Egypt (28th meridian).
See the illegal Navtex
At the same time, with another Navtex, he demands the demilitarization of Psara.
It should be recalled that 24 hours ago Turkey had issued three consecutive Navtexs, invoking the demilitarization of Lemnos and Ai Stratis, in accordance with the Treaty of Lausanne.
The extension of the existing Navtex has been announced by the official Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak since Wednesday morning.
“The ship has been sailing in the eastern Mediterranean for 10 days. The Navtex period, which ends tomorrow, is expected to be extended and research activities in this area continue, ”said the publication, which was finally confirmed.
The newspaper says that, according to the Turkish government, 4,000 square kilometers of land have been surveyed and the goal is to quadruple it to 15,000 square kilometers.
Thriller with its course
Although on Wednesday afternoon, the Oruc Reis was located about 30 miles south of the Megisti Complex on a northeast route, eventually instead of heading north again towards the area illegally occupied by Navtex, it turned left and began to move again. South west.
See the course of Oruc Reis
After the two consecutive challenges, where the Turks “broke” the limit of 12 nautical miles off the Greek coast, it was estimated that the Turkish investigation in the early morning of Thursday 10/22 would again reach the limit of 12 nautical miles, ready for We proceed to another dangerous challenge against our country.
However, the Turkish investigation has changed course.
However, in order not to show that it is regressing, a short time later, the Antalya station issued a new Navtex for Turkish research over much of the eastern Mediterranean.
Watch Oruc Reis’s course live
Mitsotakis from Cyprus: Turkey must respect international law
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a clear message from Cyprus that Turkey must respect international law.
The Prime Minister met with the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, on the sidelines of the VIII Cyprus-Greece-Egypt Summit.
During their meeting, which took place in Cyprus, the two leaders expressed their satisfaction with the signing and ratification of the historic Demarcation Agreement of the Greek-Egyptian EEZ. There has been a common finding that it has multiple benefits for bilateral relations, political and economic, but also for the stability and prosperity of the region in general.
Special reference was made to the Turkish provocations, where Kyriakos Mitsotakis briefed the Egyptian president on the latest developments and the escalation of Turkish provocations in the eastern Mediterranean. In fact, the two sides agreed on Turkey’s increasingly aggressive behavior and stressed the need to respect international law.
The two policies shared a common vision for a political solution in Libya, based on the decisions of the United Nations Security Council and the Berlin Process. There was also consensus on the destabilizing role of Turkey in Libya. Greece reaffirms its desire to make a constructive contribution to shaping the next day in Libya.
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