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Greece has decided to exercise its right under international law, namely Article 3 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and to extend its territorial waters from 6 to 12 nautical miles in the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands, up to Cape Tainaro in the Peloponnese. This decision significantly expands, for the first time in many years, the territory in which our country exercises sovereignty. It goes without saying that this expansion implies the simultaneous expansion of the airspace, according to diplomatic sources.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unleashed a new attack against Greece, threatening that no-one could block his country from accessing the Aegean Sea.