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In a written statement from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the Ionian Sea in the west of the country, in the marine region from the Ionian Islands near Albania to Cape Tenaro in the extreme south of the Peloponnese, the decree on the closure of the gulfs and straight lines was expressed.
The statement emphasized that the decree was published within the scope of the implementation of the International Convention on the Law of the Sea and stated that “this movement by Greece constitutes a right and a necessary step for the process of expansion of territorial waters in the Sea. Ionian “.
In the ministry’s statement, it was stated in the decree that Greece reserves the right to exercise similar rights in other parts of the country.
Greek Prime Minister Kiryakos Miçotakis, in his speech in Parliament some time ago, argued that he had “sovereign rights” in the Ionian Sea in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, and stated that his country planned increase its territorial waters from 6 nautical miles to 12 nautical miles in the Ionian Sea. .
Miçotakis, who argued that Greece “may use its right to expand its territorial waters for other marine areas in the future,” described the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) agreements with Italy for the Ionian Sea, Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean as ” of historical and political importance “for Greece.
