Hadjivassiliou: Turkey in geopolitical vertigo – Invoking international law at will

“In the lawsuit of the. Piri Reis surveys successful 22 locations successful the Aegean Sea, 12 of which are connected the Greek continental shelf. Ankara is instrumentalizing planetary instrumentality by talking astir ‘surveys successful planetary waters’, portion rejecting the positions of Athens and Nicosia connected the cablegram surveys, which are based solely connected planetary law. Turkey is successful a geopolitical vertigo, arsenic it remembers and invokes planetary instrumentality astatine will. Let it determine whether it accepts it oregon not,” said Tasos Hadjivassiliou, MP for Serres and Secretary of International Relations and EU of the New Democracy.

In an interrogation with ERTnews Radio connected Tuesday morning, helium said that Ankara’s “geopolitical irritation” stems from 3 factors: “First, the blessed result of the tender for hydrocarbons successful the southbound of Crete, with the accomplishment of Chevron successful the field; second, Turkey’s annoyance with the Greek inaugural for marine parks and spatial readying based connected planetary and European law; and third, the surgical precision attack of the Foreign Ministry and George Gerapetritis to some sides of Libya.”

In this context, helium referred to Greece’s missive to the UN, deconstructing Libya’s arguments: “Recall that the islands person maritime zones – Article 121 of the Convention connected the Law of the Sea. Turkey and Libya bash not person nonsubjective coasts to reason a memorandum of knowing connected the delimitation of maritime zones. Therefore, the Turkish-Libyan Memorandum is perfectly untenable. At the aforesaid time, helium pointed retired that Libya has mistakenly closed the Gulf of Sirte, which annoys Malta and creates caller tension.

Referring to the developments successful the Middle East, the Serres MEP noted that “no civilized idiosyncratic successful the West tin judge the unprecedented humanitarian calamity unfolding successful Gaza”. In this context, helium made wide that “it is simply a large mistake to see the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza arsenic a solution”. He expressed anticipation that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ceasefire inaugural could beryllium “a glimmer of optimism”, though helium acknowledged that the likelihood of occurrence is limited.

Finally, Tasos Hadjivassiliou stressed that Israel has the close to self-defense, arsenic immoderate escaped and antiauthoritarian state, portion astatine the aforesaid clip the Palestinians person the close to found a nationalist location based connected the 1967 borders. “We are acold from this goal, but we indispensable beryllium reminded of it arsenic the lone close and calm position,” she said.