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Regarding the report of the US Department of State, which was submitted to the US Congress, within the framework of the provisions of the “Eastern Mediterranean Energy and Security Partnership Act” and which was sent to Congress about 8 months ago (March 18, 2020), diplomatic sources point out that the borders of the Greek territorial waters as well as the maritime borders between Greece and Turkey have been clearly defined for years on the basis of conventional and customary international law and not are in dispute.
In particular, they state that, as regards the Southeast Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, the maritime borders have been defined by the Italy-Turkey Agreement signed in Ankara on January 4, 1932, as well as the acts that form an integral part of this agreement and have been signed. in Ankara on December 28, 1932. Greece, as a successor state, under the 1947 Treaty of Paris, won sovereignty over the Dodecanese without any change in the maritime borders, as agreed between Italy and Turkey.
Regarding the maritime borders in Thrace (up to the point at a distance of three nautical miles from the Evros delta), they emphasize that they were defined by the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923 and the Protocol of Athens of 1926.
Finally, regarding the maritime borders between the two mentioned areas (from Thrace to the Dodecanese), where the territorial waters of Greece and Turkey intersect, they point out that the maritime borders follow the middle line between the Greek islands and islets and the Turkish coasts. opposite. .
The same diplomatic sources point out that Greece’s external borders, including its territorial waters, which have been repeatedly captured, are at the same time external borders of the European Union.
Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
