Turkey continues to provoke, testing Greece's resilience and tolerance
Just two days before Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ankara has revived long-standing claims over jurisdiction in the Aegean Sea, prompting an exchange of competing navigational warnings between Greece and Turkey.
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Turkish Ministry of Defense: Our NAVTEXs have an indefinite duration, Greece should coordinate with us in investigations in the Aegean
The Turkish NAVTEXs concerning “Greece’s activities in the Aegean Sea that violate international law are published and are valid indefinitely and not for two years,” the Turkish Ministry of Defense states, following reports in Greece about two NAVTEXs that were allegedly valid until 2027.
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Turkey resumed violations in the Aegean after the security alliance against the “Blue Homeland”
In the coming period, Athens will focus on managing Greek-Turkish relations and finding the necessary balances to avoid disrupting sensitive ties with other regional actors, within the new framework created by the upgrade of the Greece-Cyprus-Israel Tripartite Cooperation.
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