2024-03-15 06:44:28
Turkey repeated its well-known practice once again, with the promotion of its disputes and claims against our country through the NAVTEX publication system.
In particular, the Turkish authorities, questioning the competence of Greece to issue NAVTEX for the entire area of the Eastern Mediterranean within the limits of the Athens FIR, issued an anti-NAVTEX, assuming, as they say, themselves the responsibility of informing seafarers about the aeronautical exercise they have planned to carried out today by the Greek Armed Forces in an area south of Karpathos.
For this exercise, the relevant NAVTEX was issued by the Greek authorities on Tuesday, which the Turkish side is trying to cancel in this way.
The Greek NAVTEX:
ZCZC HA18
121145 UTC MAR 24
IRAKLEIO RADIO NAVWARN 230/24
CARPATHIAN SEA
SOUTHEAST OF KARPATHOS ISLAND
AERONAUTICAL EXERCISES WITHOUT FIRING
ON 14 MAR 24 FROM 0600 UTC UNTIL 1000 UTC
IN AREA BOUNDED BY:
35-30.00N 027-40.00E
35-00.00N 027-15.00E
34-40.00N 028-00.00E
35-20.00N 028-20.00E
AVOID CROSSING ABOVE AREA
CANCEL THIS MSG 141100 UTC MAR 24
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Turkish NAVTEX:
TURNHOS N/W : 0281/24 (Antalya NAVTEX Station) (Published Date: 13-03-2024 19:30)
TURNHOS N/W : 0281/24
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
1. IRAKLEIO NAVTEX STATION MESSAGE HA18-230/24 TRANSMITTED COVERING A REGION IN TURKISH NAVTEX SERVICE AREA, RETRANSMITTED BY ANTALYA NAVTEX STATION FOR MARINERS’ SAFETY.
2. AERONAUTICAL EXERCISES WITHOUT FIRING, ON 14 MAR 24 FROM 0600Z TO 1000Z IN AREA BOUNDED BY;
35 30.00 N – 027 40.00 E
35 00.00 N – 027 15.00 E
34 40.00 N – 028 00.00 E
35 20.00 N – 028 20.00 E
CAUTION ADVISED.
3. CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 141100Z MAR 24.
Source protothema.gr