Hard message from Anchor, which once again insists that no work will be done in the area without its consent Turkey.
Source of the Ministry of Defense of Turkey, shortly after the established weekly briefing by the ministry spokesman, Vice Admiral Zeki Akthark, commented on information on the design of resuming research on pound of Cyprus -Crete cable And, according to Anadolu, the following answer was given:
«Turkey has the largest coastline in the Eastern Mediterranean. It is not possible to promote persistent projects in the Eastern Mediterranean, designed by Greece, the “Greek Cypriot administration” and third parties, in the context of maximalist demands, without taking into account the presence of Turkey and the “TRNC” in the region, and which are planned to pass through our marine areas.
These are unrealistic projects without sufficient funding and purely provocative. There is no change in our attitude towards such behaviors that do not respect our rights and interests. We will continue to do what we have done in the past. The persistence in this issue has no meaning …»
This official reaction, which comes a few days after the warnings and threats of Turkish diplomatic and military sources in the Turkiye newspaper shows that Turkey insists on the attitude that had led to the interruption of investigations Last July in Kaso.
And of course, serious dilemmas are created in Athens, which is expected to make the decisions on the continuation of the investigations with the issuance of the relevant Navtex.
Indeed, this issue was held on the afternoon of Tuesday informal KYSEA, with the participation of relevant ministers and competent agents by the Ministry of National Defense, where all the parameters were examined. According to information, no final decisions were taken at this meeting.
Foreign Minister C. Caracetitein an interview with “Parapolitika”, he was asked about the issue of the cable and replied as follows:
«The timing is multifactorial is not only dependent on the planning of the company that should be done, it depends on the technical details that determine the issue of exit to research and pontization because there is the need to issue the NAVTEX needs. It is a timing issue in the sense that there are other interconnected issues. The cable will proceed, let me remind you that it is a project co -financed by the European Union that is protected by international law.
There is absolutely no fear. Of course, we always measure events and possible reactions, and this is always up to the benefit of our foreign policy. I repeat the project will go ahead will be done in time who is the right one, but we all understand that once there is to be research and pontic in marine areas that have not been defined and there are claims by Turkey and it is obvious that this could create friction. “