Positioning of Turkish warships between Karpathos and Kasos

Construction of Turkish warships Created in the sea area around Kasos An Italian ship is conducting investigations as work is underway to build an electricity cable connecting Greece to Cyprus.

According to ERT, moves are being made at all levels by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to de-escalate the situation south of Kasos and Karpathos at this time. In his performing area Cable scouring Italian ship investigation And according to the information Turkey has sent five divisions of the Turkish Navy They are observing from afar the presence of two ships of the Greek Navy in the area.

The Italian ship’s searches are based on the Greek NAVTEX provided by the Heraklion station and cover part of Greek territorial waters, except for a point half a mile outside of Karpathos, six miles from Karpathos. Turkey declared with its own NAVTEX that this point is part of the Turkish continental shelf Therefore coordination with the Turkish authorities should be done. So, he sent warships to the area to stop the search.

“Issues related to sovereign rights are not included in the dialogue” – Marinaghi’s message

For now, No attempt was made to stop the workERT reports, and that Diplomatic efforts are underway Relieve tension and prevent further escalation.

Government representative Pavlos Marinakis was also appointed to the issue. “The government is making it clear by responding to the matter in its entirety Seeks to maintain a conversational environment And we are optimistic about it. Dialogue does not mean agreement, nor does it mean innocence. “Since then, issues of internal politics, internal sovereignty, sovereign rights have not come up for discussion,” commented Mr. Marinakis on SKAI radio.