ref:topbtw-2939.html/ 18 Aprile 2021/A
Mare Egeo e prospezioni petrolifere: la Turchia sempre più arrogante..
New York
Turkey is challenging for the first time the Greek-Egyptian EEZ it sent a Turkish frigate into the area south of
Crete in order to threaten a French research ship that is studying the Greek continental shelf.
The French research ship "L'ATALANTE" requested permission from Greece to proceed with investigations well within
the EEZ defined by the Greece-Egypt agreement west of the 28th meridian.
For the first time, Turkey did not issue a Anti Navtex but proceeded to send a frigate in order to drive
the French research ship out.
The French research is accompanied by a frigate of the Greek Navy
Turkey, using the illegal memorandum with Libya (GNA) , with an unprecedented move that points to a state
of war, sent a frigate to threaten the French ship to leave the region, claiming that based on the illegal
memorandum Turkey has signed with the GNA government of Libya is, the area is under Turkish control.
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