Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Greece is closely monitoring the course of Piri Reis

Greece is intimately monitoring the people of “Piri Reis“, remaining connected alert and successful immoderate lawsuit volition safeguard its sovereign rights, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Lana Zohiou said astatine a regular briefing for reporters.

As she pointed out, Greece issued an anti-Navtex, arsenic planned, and truthful acold determination has been nary question of the water liner.

The Foreign Minister’s gathering with the lad of Marshal Haftar earlier successful September was held successful a constructive atmosphere, practice successful the economical sector, trade, energy, transport was agreed upon. As Zohiou said, the concern ngo volition instrumentality spot successful the autumn, portion the grooming of seashore defender officers volition continue, successful bid to assistance forestall migration flows.

Mr. Gerapetritis besides reiterated Athens’ presumption connected the unsubstantiated and amerciable Turkish-Colombian memorandum. And helium highlighted again the relation that Greece tin play successful the EU and the UN Security Council.

It should beryllium noted that Greece sent to the UN a verbal enactment successful effect to the Libyan verbal note, the main constituent being that Libya’s assertion of the amerciable and unsubstantiated Turkey-Libya memorandum is rejected, arsenic Turkey and Libya person nary maritime borders, portion the beingness of the Greek islands is ignored.

In the autumn, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said, the concern ngo to Libya volition instrumentality place, portion the grooming of Coast Guard officers volition continue, successful bid to assistance forestall migration flows.

Ms. Zochiou referred to the geopolitical magnitude of Chevron‘s information successful the tender due to the fact that Greece is becoming an important nexus successful the broader EU-US vigor cooperation.

It is besides peculiarly important that notation is made to the information that the plots are located successful areas of Greek exclusive jurisdiction with respect to the issuance of applicable permits.

Ms Zohiou referred to the programme of the sojourn of Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis to New York to enactment successful the UN General Assembly. Greece is participating this twelvemonth successful the General Assembly arsenic an elected subordinate of the UN Security Council.

Mr. Gerapetritis volition enactment successful the Security Council gathering connected the Middle East, volition seat the ministerial gathering to beryllium held connected the Forum of Ancient Civilizations.

He volition besides clasp discussions with a fig of counterparts, including those of Egypt, Algeria, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. He volition besides person contacts with Greek expatriates and organizations, and volition be the Foreign Ministers’ Dinner hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected the sidelines of the General Assembly.

Three much trilateral meetings volition beryllium held, Greece-Cyprus-Egypt, Greece-Cyprus-Jordan, Greece-Cyprus-Syria.

Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou is successful the United States arsenic of contiguous and volition clasp a bid of meetings with members of Congress and members of the US authorities successful mentation for the Strategic Dialogue to beryllium held successful Athens.

Papadopoulou volition enactment successful an lawsuit organized by Greece connected the sidelines of the General Assembly connected maritime security, wherever the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization volition beryllium present.

New NAVTEX from Turkey aft the readiness of the Hellenic Armed Forces

New NAVTEX from the Smyrna presumption was issued contiguous by the Turkish broadside with revisionist references to the Lorraine Treaty, reiterating its baseless claims of a “demilitarization” regime.

It should beryllium noted that the Turkish NAVTEX was issued against the backdrop of a readiness workout being conducted by the Hellenic Armed Forces starting astatine dawn today, with the activation of an inter-agency accelerated absorption force, which volition past passim today.

The purpose is to trial the readiness of the Hellenic Armed Forces, though subject sources bash not contradict that this is simply a “show of deterrence and a amusement of force”, fixed that each 3 branches of the Armed Forces, arsenic good arsenic peculiar forces, volition beryllium progressive passim the country.

It should beryllium noted that the Greek side, arsenic reported by protothema.gr, responded instantly to the Turkish NAVTEX to behaviour probe by the oceanographic vas “Piri Reis”, issuing a counter-NAVTEX, portion the Governmental National Security Council volition conscionable successful a fewer minutes.

However, Pentagon sources commented that today’s readiness workout is not linked to the mobility of the “Piri Reis” probe vessel, arsenic good arsenic that the astonishment drills are portion of operational readying to cheque the readiness of the Armed Forces astatine each times.

The aforesaid sources recalled that specified exercises person happened successful the past and volition proceed to instrumentality spot successful the future.