Μake us preferred on Google The vessel is following the coordinates specified in the Greek NAVTEX, with operations proceeding without obstruction. The Hellenic Navy frigate Limnos remains close by, while the Turkish frigate Gökova has not issued any further radio messages following an earlier transmission rehashing Ankara’s claims over the maritime area.
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, speaking from Iraqi Kurdistan, said Greece would not tolerate interference in the project, which he described as being of European significance. He stressed that Athens had granted the necessary authorization for the surveys and that the work was proceeding.
Gerapetritis is due to brief political party leaders on Saturday on the government’s handling of the issue.
The surveys mark the resumption of work suspended in July 2024 following a maritime confrontation near Kasos between Greek and Turkish naval vessels. Ankara subsequently issued a counter-NAVTEX challenging the Greek and Cypriot authorizations, prompting Athens and Nicosia to issue “counter-notices” rejecting Turkey’s claims of jurisdiction.
