Greece to Issue a Demarche to Turkey Over Harassment of Research Vessel

Greece’s embassy in Ankara will issue a demarche to Turkey protesting the harassment by Turkish warships of the Maltese-flagged Nautical Geo research ship of French interests over the past few days and the country’s issuing of an illegal Navtex. The vessel is conducting research in an area east of the island of Crete in the context of mapping the possible course of the EastMed pipeline. More specifically, each time the ship went beyond 6 nautical miles of Greece’s territorial waters, it was prevented by Turkish warships. Kathimerini had first revealed back on July 11 that the Turkish Navy was preventing…