Turkey “ate its face” in a resalto it tried to the Convention of the Sea.
Turkey continues to send war material to Libya by preparing, according to Pentapostgma exclusive information from French military sources, the air base in Al-Watiya next to the port it controls and in which it has proceeded to activate naval units of the government of Tripoli it controls.
It is typical that last Sunday the container ship “Parpali” refused the control that the Italian navy tried to carry out on it, which is carrying out patrols in the framework of the UN decisions on the arms embargo in Libya.
This was the eighth time a Turkish-flagged vessel has refused inspection, prompting Commission spokeswoman Nabila Masraly to say: “We regret Turkey’s refusal to inspect yet another vessel under Operation Irini on Sunday afternoon. based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 2292 on the arms embargo on Libya. All UN members are called upon by the UN Security Council to cooperate with the inspections.
It is no coincidence that Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi went to Ankara. There posing for members of the press in front of the Turkish and Italian flags, President Erdogan and Italian Prime Minister Draghi went to the Presidential Complex to hold their four-way meeting and attend the Intergovernmental Summit.
The concern in the French as well as in the Greek staff is that sooner or later with the continued flow of materials to Libya, there will be the possibility of Turkish fighters being stationed on Libyan soil, in the backyard of the Greek strategic area…
Nikos Panagiotopoulos at the economist’s conference said it clearly: “We would like to have cooperation with Turkey, but Turkey must play by the rules. She can’t play by her own rules. Especially rules like military force and unilateral intervention”
The Greek Minister of State met on the sidelines of the economist’s conference in Lagonisi with the Minister of Defense of Israel, Benjamin Gantz.
During the meeting, which took place in an extremely cordial atmosphere, the importance of the strategic defense relationship between Greece and Israel was highlighted. Satisfaction was also expressed for the excellent level of cooperation between the Armed Forces of the two countries and cooperation in the field of defense industry with important armament programs.
During the talks, it was emphasized that the Tripartite Cooperation of Greece, Cyprus and Israel in the defense sector contributes to the promotion of stability in the wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean and the creation of a climate of peace and cooperation, as well as the importance of the 3+1 cooperation scheme with the USA.
Nikos Dendias was sharper, reminding the West that for many years it was “sleeping the sleep of justice” in the face of revisionist practices and suddenly woke up only after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The questioning of the rules of international law has been a painful wake-up call for many countries in the West. I must say here that this awakening is not new for Cyprus and Greece. We have learned to live for many years, at least since 1974 Greece and Cyprus, with the questioning of these rules. But now the entire international community experiences revisionism as a theory and as a practice either as a neo-tsarist or as a neo-Ottoman cloak. We, the Greek republic, are the only country on the planet, on planet earth, that lives under a constant threat of war,” the Greek foreign minister stressed, among other things, in front of an international audience at the Economist conference.
Turkey “ate its face” in a resalto it tried to the Convention of the Sea
The Turkish delegation at the work of the OSCE SC in Birmingham attempted to pass an amendment deleting an explicit reference to the implementation of the provisions of the UN Convention on the Sea (UNCLOS). The amendment was rejected by a large majority, says a statement from the Cypriot Parliament.
According to the announcement, the vice-president of the OSCE CS and head of the Cypriot delegation, Irene Charalambidou, objected to the adoption of the Turkish amendment before the members of the Political Affairs and Security Committee, stressing that the real objective of the Turkish side is to downgrade the legally binding provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
He accused Turkey of exploiting the rights deriving from the Convention, even though it is not a party to it, and of threatening war with Cyprus and Greece, which are parties, if they make use of the same rights. Mrs. Charalambidou requested that the amendment be rejected, which was done with a large majority, the announcement states.
The work of the 29th Annual Session of the OSCE CS continues and, as the announcement states, during the morning session of the General Committee on Political Affairs and Security, a debate was held on a resolution submitted by the Icelandic delegation concerning the Arctic region, followed by a vote on adoption of.
