“Turkey continues to faithfully live up to its role as a troublemaker and an element of instability in the region, the Greek” Foreign Ministry said in an announcement on Monday night, in response to the new Turkish navtex.
“Greece will not be blackmailed. Relying exclusively on international law, the Law of the Sea and the rules of good neighborly relations, it will continue to seek maritime zone delimitation agreements with every country in the region,the Greek” Foreign Ministry said.
Turkey renewed on Monday evening a navigational telex or navtex, announcing that the Turkish drill ship “Oruc Reis” will continue with its seismic reserach activity in the Eastern Meditterranean until September 12. Greece says that part of this area falls within its continental shelf.