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Turkey is ready to unilaterally establish the borders of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean if Greece does not withdraw its armed forces from a number of islands in the Aegean Sea. This is written by the Greek information portal pronews.gr .
The confrontation between Turkey and Greece is growing, Ankara has warned Athens of its intention to unilaterally determine the borders of the EEZ in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, fortunately, there is already such a precedent. As previously reported, Egypt independently demarcated the EEZ with Libya to the west of the demarcation line with Greece, without asking anyone and violating the agreement on the definition of maritime borders between the two states. Therefore, Ankara will not hesitate, and if Athens does not comply with Turkish demands for the withdrawal of armed forces from a number of islands in the Aegean Sea, they themselves will "draw" a new line of their exclusive economic zone.
According to the portal, Turkish representative Ibrahim Kalyn issued a corresponding warning at a meeting of the Greek delegation in Brussels, which neither Turkey nor Greece officially reported. It should be noted that it was held with the mediation of Germany, but it did not end with anything, the parties remained of their opinion.
- writes the portal.
The stumbling block was the islands of Midilli (Lesbos) and Sisam (Samos), which have the status of demilitarized, but to which Greece transferred its armored vehicles, thereby violating a number of international treaties. There are many disagreements between Turkey and Greece on the status of islands, the borders of territorial waters and airspace in the Aegean Sea, the countries have repeatedly been on the verge of a military conflict.
