Ankara responds with threats and directly challenging our national sovereignty, following Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ announcements of maritime parks in the Southern Aegean.

‘A response will be given with Turkish marine park in the Aegean, maybe parks. They may cause discomfort » Turkish sources were typically reported to SKAI’s correspondent in Constantinople Manolis Kostidis.

Turkish officials told the SKAI correspondent that the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s response was “for reasons of principle” and “In order not to change the current regime in the Aegean as there are islands, islands in the Aegean Their sovereignty has not been determined and must be discussed. ”

“Tension … There is no tension … This will be applied in the application. That is, if they will be prevented, if actions will take place on specific islands etc, “they answered a question, leaving hints of risk of the” political thermometer “in the Aegean.

“Turkey will not accept any possible de facto situation”

After all, Turkish officials who spoke to Anadolu agency claimed that “This development is regarded as a new attempt by Greece to disrupt the status quo and, together with the legal regime, emphasized the importance of preventing the freedom and safety of navigation, especially in a semi -sealing sea such as the Aegean Sea, and not violating other rights.”

Officials point out that Turkey, as it has done so far, will not accept any possible de facto situation that Greece can create in geographical formations with disputed regime in the Aegean Sea.

Turkey also stressed “the possible impact of the proclamation of marine parks on the safety of navigation, life, property and the environment.” They emphasized that this practice should not limit navigation areas in the Aegean, constitute a violation of the safety of navigation, negatively affect international shipping or prevent access to the open sea.

Turkish officials also stressed that any action that could harm Turkey’s rights and interests, including the change in the legal status of the Aegean and the obstruction of freedom of navigation, will not remain unanswered.

In addition, Turkish sources supported “We must remember that International Maritime Law encourages coastal states to cooperate more closely with each other to protect the marine environment, especially in closed and semi -seas.”

Strict Foreign Ministry answer: “The legal status in the Aegean is clear”

A rigorous response to Ankara’s reactions to the establishment of national maritime parks in the Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea earlier was given by the Greek Foreign Ministry, clarifying that the exercise of the country’s sovereign rights is not a negotiation object.

In the Foreign Ministry’s announcement it is emphasized that marine parks are established by purely environmental criteriain areas where they are located Greek sovereigntywhile being characterized as groundless Turkey’s references to “closed or semi -seas”.