Turkey denied the claim of joint patrolling with Greece in the Aegean Sea

According to the report of the international group of Fars News Agency, an office attached to the Turkish Presidential Communications Department announced the claim of some media that Ankara and Athens plan to carry out “joint patrols” in the Aegean Sea and the Evros River. He denies it.

According to “Sputnik” news agency, the “Center for Combating False Information” attached to the Communications Office of the Turkish Presidency announced in a statement: “Claims by some media that the Turkish military and Greece will conduct joint patrols, they are not true. Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya and Greece’s Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Christos Stylianides exchanged views on strengthening cooperation during the recent talks between the delegations of the two countries.

that these delegations of Turkish and Greek officials discussed ways to jointly fight against illegal immigration and migrant smuggling, as well as strengthening cooperation and communication between the coast guards of Turkey and Greece. : “During these negotiations, no decision was made about whether Turkey and Greece will start joint patrols in the Aegean Sea and the Evros River.” and Greece, during Stylianides’ visit to Turkey a few days ago, they agreed on the joint patrolling plan of the two countries’ soldiers in the Aegean Sea and the Evros River and worked on the details of this plan.

Turkey and Greece Despite the fact that they are allies in the NATO alliance, they have had chronic and decades-long disputes over several issues that have sometimes increased the risk of armed conflict between them.

The country has conflicting territorial claims in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, especially the Aegean Sea region, the gap between the Greek and Turkish parts of Cyprus and the determination of the maritime borders of the two countries. Turkey has repeatedly accused Greece of deploying weapons on islands in the Aegean Sea and violating the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. “, the Prime Minister of Greece said in Athens in early December 2023 that there are no unsolvable differences between the two countries. and Turkey should live in peace and their differences should not immediately lead to tensions.

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