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New episode in the Aegean: Harassment of a Coast Guard vessel by the Turkish Coast Guard

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The Turkish cruiser performed dangerous maneuvers with the aim of ramming the vessel while the Greek port guards fired warning shots

Harassment from a Turkish offshore vessel was received early this morning by a coast guard vessel, which was patrolling southeast of Farmakonisi, within Greek territorial waters.

According to the statement of the Coast Guard, the Turkish vessel carried out dangerous maneuvers with the aim of ramming the vessel while the Greek coastguards fired warning shots

The Turkish Coast Guard vessel then left the scene of the incident, heading east towards the Turkish coast.

It is recalled that yesterday, in Kos, Turkish slave ships attempted to ram Coast Guard vessels which “responded” with warning shots.

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In the morning hours today, a patrol boat LS-EL.AKT., while performing an ordered service to identify three Turkish fishing boats that were fishing in the sea area southeast of Farmakonisi, within Greek territorial waters, was harassed by a Turkish vessel, which carried out dangerous maneuvers with the aim of embolization.

Then the crew of the LS-ELAKT patrol boat fired warning shots in a safe area and the Turkish Aktaioros left the spot heading east towards the Turkish coast.

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