Her reaction Turkey Following the rather unexpected within the Holy Week announcement by the Greek government for marine spatial planning It was not surprised by Athens. Both the neighbor’s reference to unilateral actions of Greece and the announcement of the respective Turkish map to international organizations such as UNESCO and the UN, had already been discussed behind the closed doors of KYSEA who met yesterday under the prime minister at the Maximus Mansion.
According to its cross -checking information protothema.grafter the first briefing made to the participants of the instrument by George Gerapetritis and Stavros Papastavrou, the Foreign Minister described the potential ways of reacting to his neighbor. Indeed, Mr Gerapetritis emphasized that Turkey would somehow sought to “legalize” its own map in an international forum, even in essence, as Greece submits the corresponding maps to the European Commission, based on the Community obligation.
Government sources estimate that Turkey broke into ‘predictable’ toneswhile the same sources point out that Ankara did not fall from the clouds for the deposition of Greek mapsas he knew both Greek positions and our contractual obligation to the European Union. But the report of the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s announcement in the Athens statement and the need to resolve disputes on the basis of international law and good neighborly relations, makes Athens estimate that the Turks will not “overcarze” the field.
‘We close pending pending flares’
“The government is closing the pending past. It defends national interests in practice and in a substantial way, not with communication flares, “government sources said, responding to opposition party criticism of delaying maps in previous years, resulting in our condemnation from the Court of Justice.
At Maximos Mansion they also find a “frost” policy, especially on the right of the ND for yet another move in the direction of imprinting Greece’s sovereignty and sovereign rights in the seas surrounding the country’s continental trunk. “This is the first time they have been imprinted on an EU regulatory text. The ultimate potential boundaries of the Greek continental shelf, “said competent sources, proposing the elements of the full influence of the mainland and the islands in sea zones.
The government points out that the delineation in non -defined areas has been made based on the beginning of the midline, under international law, which does not mean that this map constitutes a delimitation of continental shelf and EEZ. The map includes the two agreements with Italy and Egypt, but in the event of a new agreement eg. With Egypt or Turkey, the imprinting will be differentiated. By definition, the demarcation of the maritime zones has a different object from the maritime spatial planning.
The dialogue
In any case, The deposit of that map It will not facilitate the Greek -Turkish dialogue, no matter how the government wants to keep the ball “low”. In fact, the Supreme Cooperation Council that Messrs. Gerapetritis and Fidan have agreed to become after Easter in no way has it been determined and it seems difficult to become difficult in this environment.
On the other hand, in the government they do not want the “calm waters” in the summer to “storm” dangerously. “We disagree does not mean that we are not discussing. What we are discussing does not mean that we are discounting from our positions and this is proven in practice, “government sources say.
It should be noted, senior government sources are trying to disconnect the maritime spatial spatial debate on the Great Sea Interconnector cable, which yesterday was not discussed at KYSEA and which has been referred to a “due” time.