A Turkish warship harassed a vessel laying a cable between Astypalaia and Kos – The frigate “Adrias” responded

A caller incidental of harassment of a vas carrying retired cable-laying enactment successful the country betwixt Astypalaia and Kos by a Turkish warship occurred a abbreviated portion ago.

According to information, the vas Ocean Link, which had departed from Astypalaia and was carrying retired enactment successful an country of planetary waters betwixt Astypalaia and Kos, was harassed via vigor by a Turkish vessel, which claimed that the country falls nether Turkish jurisdiction and demanded that it leave.

However, this clip the Greek frigate HS Adrias was sailing successful the country and intervened. By transmitting a awesome to the Turkish vas that it is extracurricular Turkish jurisdiction and that the country falls nether Greek jurisdiction, it prevented further harassment of the vessel, which is continuing its enactment normally.

It is noted that Ocean Link had begun underwater surveys based connected NAVTEX 471/26 issued by the Heraklion presumption and had obtained permits from the Greek authorities for fiber-optic cable-laying operations connected behalf of OTE, arsenic portion of the “SEA-SPINE: High Speed Submarine Backbone for islands successful the Aegean Sea” project.

This is the 3rd clip successful the country that determination has been an effort to harass vessels conducting surveys and cable-laying enactment for telecommunications and interconnection. The incidental people falls wrong the broader discourse of Turkey’s efforts to situation Greek sovereign rights successful the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.