Tag Archives: continental shelf

A major escalation between Greece and Turkey is currently under way in the south Aegean Sea, after Turkish seismic survey vessel Oruc Reis entered the area of the Greek continental shelf and dropped survey cables in the water. The vessel is accompanied by two support research vessels and several Turkish …

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With typical Turkish logic in derivation from the International Law of the Sea, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusolgu claimed that islands located far away from Greece’s mainland cannot have continental shelf. “We see Kastelorizo from Turkey” he said in an effort to defend Ankara’s position on the matter, as if the …

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Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias made it clear that Greece’s sole dispute with Turkey that can be solved in the International court of the Hague is the boundary of the continental shelf and by extension the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone. In his second message to Ankara, Dendias stressed that …

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With a good portion of delay, the US State Department finally took position on the Turkey-Libya Agreement and Ankara’s Claims that the Greek islands have neither Exclusive Economic Zone and continental shelf. The agreement on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea signed by Turkey and the Tripoli-based Government of National …

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Turkey has found a childish way to expand its borders and deliberately delinate its Exclusive Economic Zone. High-ranking officials like the Foreign Minister take a map and draw vertical and horizontal lines according to their liking. FM Mevlut Cavusoglu presented such a map to the delight of any nationalist Turk …

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A crisis erupted between Cyprus and UK after Europe Minister Alan Duncan disputes Cyprus sovereign right on its own Exclusive Economic Zone. “The Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus is a disputed area,” Duncan said in his speech in the House of Commons. Duncan said “I met with the Turkish ambassador …

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Greek islands have “full entitlement to maritime zones” including a continental shelf and an Exclusive Economic Zone, Greece’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dionyssios Kalamvrezos said, in response to Turkish allegations at the international organization. In a letter to the UN Secretary General dated April 25, Ambassador Kalamvrezos said …

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Turkish oceanographic research vessel “Bilim 2” set sail and started research in the waters between the islands of Rhodes and Kastelorizo, in South Eastern Greece. Reason enough for Athens to protest, even though Greece has failed so far to declare its own Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Even though the relevant maritime …

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Two weeks before the Greek-Turkish high ranking meeting in Istanbul with the participation of the political leadership of the two neighbor countries, tension flamed over the continental shelf in the Aegean Sea. Just hours after Athens submitted a complaint to United Nations over Turkey’s exploration permits in areas of the …

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Greek Foreign Ministry submitted a verbal note to United Nations on Thursday over Turkey’s granting exploration permits in areas of the Greke continental shelf. Below, Greek Foreign Ministry press release: Foreign Ministry announcement regarding the sending of a note verbale to the United Nations on the safeguarding of Greece’s sovereign …

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