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7 January 2013 / TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARA ,
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said that Turkey is closely following an initiative by Greece to set the boundaries of its exclusive economic zone in the Aegean Sea and to start oil exploration within those boundaries, disregarding long-ongoing talks with Turkey to resolve territorial disagreements in the Aegean.
According to recent reports in Greek media, crisis-hit Greece is preparing to apply to the UN to determine the boundaries of its exclusive economic zone in the Aegean -- without first reaching an agreement with Turkey in this regard -- so that it can begin oil exploration as a measure to address its economic troubles. The prospect has raised concerns that the deep-seated but mostly frozen territorial disputes between Turkey and Greece in the Aegean may be revived.“Turkey would take equivalent steps to such a move by Greece,” Davutoğlu said in İzmir on Monday during the fifth edition of an annual ambassadors' conference.“We think that such unilateral steps should be avoided during critical periods,” the minister noted.Drawing attention to the positive atmosphere in Turkish-Greek ties in recent decades, Davutoğlu said that “as Turkish-Greek relations have gained such momentum, it is important that we take such steps after an agreement is reached and not unilaterally.”Davutoğlu suggested that Greece use its diplomatic channels with Turkey before taking any steps toward oil exploration in the Aegean or Turkey would respond by making a similar declaration to the UN.Turkey and Greece disagree on the demarcation of the Turkish and Greek exclusive economic zones, which set the maritime borders the respective rights to explore natural resources within them, due to a dispute over the extent to which Greek islands off the Turkish coast should be taken into consideration when determining these boundaries.
Turkey argues that distances should be measured from the continental mainland while Greece wants all islands to be taken into account equally.
Turkey will closely follow Greek plans to revive oil bid in Aegean, says FM
This is so-called greek Exclusive Economic Zone
Poor Greeks, they must be really in bad situation
therefore they could dare to come up with such a EEZ plan
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said that Turkey is closely following an initiative by Greece to set the boundaries of its exclusive economic zone in the Aegean Sea and to start oil exploration within those boundaries, disregarding long-ongoing talks with Turkey to resolve territorial disagreements in the Aegean.
According to recent reports in Greek media, crisis-hit Greece is preparing to apply to the UN to determine the boundaries of its exclusive economic zone in the Aegean -- without first reaching an agreement with Turkey in this regard -- so that it can begin oil exploration as a measure to address its economic troubles. The prospect has raised concerns that the deep-seated but mostly frozen territorial disputes between Turkey and Greece in the Aegean may be revived.“Turkey would take equivalent steps to such a move by Greece,” Davutoğlu said in İzmir on Monday during the fifth edition of an annual ambassadors' conference.“We think that such unilateral steps should be avoided during critical periods,” the minister noted.Drawing attention to the positive atmosphere in Turkish-Greek ties in recent decades, Davutoğlu said that “as Turkish-Greek relations have gained such momentum, it is important that we take such steps after an agreement is reached and not unilaterally.”Davutoğlu suggested that Greece use its diplomatic channels with Turkey before taking any steps toward oil exploration in the Aegean or Turkey would respond by making a similar declaration to the UN.Turkey and Greece disagree on the demarcation of the Turkish and Greek exclusive economic zones, which set the maritime borders the respective rights to explore natural resources within them, due to a dispute over the extent to which Greek islands off the Turkish coast should be taken into consideration when determining these boundaries.
Turkey argues that distances should be measured from the continental mainland while Greece wants all islands to be taken into account equally.
Turkey will closely follow Greek plans to revive oil bid in Aegean, says FM
This is so-called greek Exclusive Economic Zone
Poor Greeks, they must be really in bad situation
therefore they could dare to come up with such a EEZ plan
