SYRIZA – PS demands that the government be appointed immediately, but also that it be denied Today’s provocative articles in the Turkish press which, also quoted by the Turkish Ministry of Defense, state that “the Greek authorities have requested authorization from Ankara for the cable-laying vessel’s activities in Kasos” and thus Greece “accepts what is contained in the Turkish-Libyan memorandum”.
The Turkish side is looking once again bring back the neo-Ottoman revisionist narrative of the Blue Homeland and its invocation Turkish-Libyan Memorandum invalid and legally non-existent, in an attempt challenging Greek sovereign rights in violation of international law.
In this context, we can include leaks from sources in the Turkish Ministry of Defence, according to which Turkey… “thanks” the Greek and Italian authorities “for their respect and cooperation with maritime jurisdictions”. These unacceptable statements are manifestly illegal and against any concept of international legality.
It is not enough to answer MINISTER
The response through sources from the Ministry of National Defense that “no ‘respect’ has been shown or will be shown in the future by the Greek Armed Forces for Turkey’s illegal actions in the legally demarcated Greece-Egypt zone”, is not sufficient and does not constitute a clear answer on whether the Greek government has requested permission to lay cables in Kasos.
It might have clear answer immediately and make it clear to the Turkish side that the continuation of its illegal actions will result in very serious consequences for Greek-Turkish and Euro-Turkish relations.