In a strong warning to Turkey, Greece stated on Friday that it will not tolerate any illegal activities within the exclusive economic zone established by a 2020 deal between Athens and Cairo.
The Greek Armed Forces will not tolerate illegal actions by Turkey within the defined zone between Greece and Egypt, as provided and mandated by the Constitution of the Hellenic Republic, sources from the Defense Ministry said.
This warning comes after a naval incident in the southeastern Aegean earlier this week. A flotilla of Turkish ships gathered near the Greek islands of Kassos and Karpathos. Turkey claimed that a research ship had violated its continental shelf. Turkey stated that it had granted permission for the research ship to conduct its research and depart, which implied that the Greek navigational warning (Navtex) describing the research ship’s mission was invalid.
The incident almost disrupted the recent detente between the two countries, nearly reverting relations to the period of tension between 2018 and 2022.
