2024-07-11 06:37:22
“War” reports about the Italian ship laying cables in the Mediterranean, as Manolis Kostidis broadcasts. – “Within 24 hours it is expected to enter the area of the Turkish-Libyan memorandum”
“War” reports about the Italian ship “Teliri” laying cables in the Mediterranean – “which initially caused the Navtex crisis between Turkey and Greece” – are hosted by many Turkish media.
From the first moment, the Italian ship was watched by corvettes of the Turkish navy, while from the moment it passed within the area of the potential Greek EEZ, the missile boat of P.N. “Grigoropoulos”.
“The Italian ship is approaching the critical area”
The report of the TV station HABER GLOBAL is typical, with reports of the type “The tension in the Southern Mediterranean was not limited to Navtex. 4 years after the “Oruch Reis” crisis, the ships of Greece and Turkey are again facing each other in the Southern Mediterranean”, as reported by SKAI’s correspondent in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis.
“The particular ship that initially caused the Navtex crisis between Turkey and Greece is now moving towards the area that may cause a crisis between Greece and Turkey. The ship that started the laying of optical fiber from Cyprus arrived even off the coast of Kastellorizos.
Within 24 hours it is expected to enter the area of the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. In the same area, Greece and Egypt had signed an illegal agreement defining maritime areas of responsibility. Although Turkey does not recognize it, Greece maintains that it owns this area. Now it is being discussed whether the Turkish corvette will stop following the Italian ship in the area of the Greek-Egyptian agreement that intersects with the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. And a Greek warship is ready for the Italian ship Teliri”.
Sozcu: Equipment step by Greece that will cause tension
At the same time, the website of the newspaper Sozcu hosts a report that “Greece continues to arm itself in the Aegean and the Mediterranean”, making moves that increase the tension.
“As announced, two Rafale fighter jets will join the Greek Air Force by the end of this month. On the other hand, France will provide Greece with one Rafale every month,” the article states.
It also says that Greece plans to order 6 more fighters that also have scalp missiles, which can hit targets on the ground at a distance of 500 kilometers.
Source: skai.gr