In a new announcement of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Turkish expansionist policy in the form of maps is presented in its entirety.More specifically, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its announcement presents a series of maps that depict the Turkish provocations and expansionist policy against Greece from 1973 until today.…
The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu announced that Turkey has terminated the joint mechanism of the Supreme Cooperation Council with Greece as a result of the "aggressive" statements of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as well as the "inconsistent approach" of the country to attempts at dialogue.According to Çavuşoğlu, Greek politicians do not seem…
Turkey has made new provocative statements, with Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu this time claiming that the natural gas deposits in the eastern Mediterranean belong to Turkey.GREEEK LEOPARD 2 TANK (LEO2HEL) PHOTO: ENVATOThe Turkish Minister also spoke about the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque and the opening of Varosha in Cyprus threatening Greece…
"It is alive and kicking", said Nikos Dendias and underlined that from the beginning the financial viability of the project was a precondition. Therefore, the US Secretary of State does not say that EastMed is dead as a project, but that it is useless in this period of time. The Greek Foreign Minister also…
Erdogan attempts to scrap the EastMed pipeline against Greece, Cyprus and Israel with his announcement that he will speak to Israel's President Herzog to propose a different pipeline route through Turkey.Photo by Gerd Altmann, PixabayAccording to Erdogan, there are speculations that the United States may withdraw fully from the EastMed pipeline project in the…
Turkey has issued a statement complaining for the new development with the licensing of Block 5 of the Republic of Cyprus to ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum and says that it shows who have sided against Turkey in the region.Specifically, it states: "Reports informing that Cyprus has granted a hydrocarbon exploration license to the ExxonMobil…
According to cyprusdefense.gr, the Search and Rescue Coordination Center of Cyprus has issued a new NAVTEX for Nautical Geo that will conduct research within the Cyprus EEZ from October 29 to November 10.MarineTraffic already shows that Nautical Geo has started its research activities.Despite the provocative objections of Turkey, Cyprus and Greece seem…
According to the website CyprusDefense.gr, which cites NAVTEX of the Search and Rescue Coordination Center, Nautical Geo was conducting research activity for the EAST MED pipeline on plot 1 of the Cyprus EEZ.Specifically, the Navtex was issued on October 19 and is valid from October 21 until October 23, while the vessels are required…
According to an announcement by the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, on Saturday, October 9, 2021, "the Greek frigate KANARIS sailed in the port of Alexandria, Egypt, after being replaced by the Greek frigate KOUNDOURIOTIS in the operation UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon).On Sunday, October 10, 2021, and after its departure, the…
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey could declare an EEZ in the Eastern Mediterranean, saying that this move would protect "all of Turkey's maritime wealth, especially its hydrocarbon wealth," and that declaring an exclusive economic zone is important for fishermen.Specifically, he stated about the possible declaration of an EEZ: "We can do…