NAVTEX Move From Greece!
The new
NAVTEX move came from Greece.
Greece declared 2 NAVTEXs in the Eastern Mediterranean.
While Turkey is moving towards solving the problems of Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean wtih dialogue, Greece declared 2 new NAVTEX in the field where Turkey is responsible. Following these developments, Turkey, reminding that field in question is in Antalya NAVTEX Station area of responsibility, re-released the announcement of NAVTEX.
In the notification received by Antalya NAVTEX Station, it was stated that an unauthorized station was announced regarding an area within the Turkish NAVTEX service area, and this announcement was re-published by the authorized Antalya NAVTEX Station.
In the announcement, it was noted that on October 6 and 8, shooting training will be held in the specified areas in the Eastern Mediterranean. Security sources emphasized that the NAVTEXs announced by an unauthorized station in a wide area in the Eastern Mediterranean for the purpose of shooting training by Greece will not solve the problems but increase the tension in the region.
Turkey's in favor of dialogue,law and good neighborly relations on the issues surrounding Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey has taken many steps in this regard, reducing the scope of some military exercises in order to contribute to the solution.
Said sources stated that in response to Turkey's good faith with all these steps, Greece is in an effort to dismiss the said dialogue endeavor.