Brussels-Sana
European Union foreign policy commissioner Josep Borrell called on the Turkish regime to immediately stop gas exploration operations in the eastern Mediterranean, after this regime announced the expansion of these operations.
AP quoted Borrell as saying in a statement published by his office today, "What Ankara has announced is fueling tension and insecurity and contributing to undermining efforts to resume dialogue and negotiations."
The Turkish regime announced last night that “the Yavuz vessel for gas exploration located off the coast of Cyprus for months will carry out its activities from the 18th of August to the 15th of September in the southwest of the island” threatening whoever goes to the exploration area.
This escalation comes after the Turkish regime revealed, through a map it published, its ambitions to explore for gas in areas off the coast of Greek islands. Last week it sent a seismic survey ship accompanied by two military ships off the shores of the Greek island of Kastelorizo in the southeast of the Aegean Sea, which angered Greece, which warned against They will respond forcefully.