Threats against the Aegean,Alexandroupoli,electrical connection with Cyprus from Türkiye’s Defense Minister

What helium claimed astir the incidental adjacent Kasos and wherefore helium invoked the defunct "Bern Agreement"

Türkiye’s Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, issued threats and warnings against Greece during his code successful the Turkish Grand National Assembly. He described U.S. subject installations successful Alexandroupoli arsenic a menace to Türkiye’s security. Using the Kasos incidental arsenic an example, helium argued that Türkiye has established its presumption that “no task tin proceed without its approval.”

Güler expressed Türkiye’s concerns implicit the adjacent Greece-U.S. defence collaboration, emphasizing Alexandroupoli, and stated: “The deployment of U.S. subject elements successful Alexandroupoli affects the strategical equilibrium successful the portion and straight impacts Türkiye’s information policies. We are intimately monitoring these developments and taking indispensable diplomatic and subject measures to support our nationalist information interests,” helium said.

The curate extensively addressed Greece-Türkiye relations and Türkiye’s measures to safeguard its “rights” successful the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, asserting: “No enactment successful the Eastern Mediterranean tin instrumentality spot without Türkiye’s consent.”

Referring to the “Blue Homeland” concept, said Türkiye has countered Greece’s and the Greek Cypriot Administration’s “maximalist and amerciable demands” by signing agreements specified arsenic the maritime delimitation woody with the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the amerciable Türkiye-Libya memorandum, and by submitting outer continental support boundaries to the UN.

He besides stressed Türkiye’s decisive stance to forestall “unauthorized activities connected its continental shelf.”

The Kasos Incident

Regarding the July incidental adjacent Kasos, Güler claimed Turkish forces stopped cable-laying activities by the Italian vessel Ievoli Relume in what helium called “Türkiye’s continental shelf.” He alleged that the Italian vessel yet complied, recognizing Türkiye’s jurisdiction, aft initially moving successful Greece’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

It is noted that the Italian vas was extracurricular Greek territorial waters but wrong Greece’s EEZ arsenic defined successful its statement with Egypt. Despite not being required, the vessel had informed Turkish authorities of its activities, prompting Türkiye to contented a NAVTEX successful an country wherever Greece holds the authorization for specified notices.

The Bern Protocol

Güler’s remarks highlighted the challenges ahead, arsenic the Ievoli Relume plans caller surveys eastbound of Crete toward Cyprus. The Turkish defence curate accused Greece of trying to enforce “faits accomplis” successful disputed Aegean areas, which helium claimed are addressed by Türkiye’s Foreign and Defense Ministries.

Referring to the Bern Protocol, Güler claimed Greece attempted unauthorized activities wrong Türkiye’s “potential continental shelf” successful the Aegean, violating the 1976 Bern Agreement betwixt the 2 countries. However, the Bern Protocol is inactive and primitively pertained to seismic hydrocarbon research, not cable-laying, which is unrestricted successful planetary waters.

Militarization of Islands

Güler besides addressed questions astir Kastellorizo and the “militarization of islands,” asserting that Ankara volition workout its pact rights to antagonistic violations by the arming of Kastellorizo and 23 different Aegean islands, which deems a breach of planetary agreements.

F-35 and Armaments

The Turkish defence curate discussed Türkiye defence programs, announcing advancement successful acquiring F-35s. He claimed the U.S. changed its stance aft Türkiye advancements successful processing the KAAN combatant jet. Türkiye reportedly intends to acquisition 40 F-35s and is besides acquiring 40 F-16 Block 70 Viper jets.

Güler revealed Türkiye canceled the modernization of 79 F-16s by the U.S., emphasizing that its home defence manufacture tin present independently execute specified projects.

Regarding the S-400 rocket systems, Güler stated that retention areas person been designated, and the systems would beryllium relocated to circumstantial regions if threats emerge. He implied determination was knowing with the U.S. connected this matter.

Source: pagenews.gr

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