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Greek Foreign Ministry to Ankara: Turkey's claims baseless and unacceptable; Aegean sovereignty clear
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Greek Foreign Ministry to Ankara: Turkey's claims baseless and unacceptable; Aegean sovereignty clear

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Greece's Foreign Ministry issued a strong statement rejecting Turkey's claims regarding Greece's new spatial framework for industry and supply chains.
  • Athens asserted that its sovereignty in the Aegean Sea is clear, based on international treaties, and not open to further discussion.
  • Turkey's Foreign Ministry spokesperson had previously claimed the Greek framework had no legal effect and called for respect for good neighborliness.

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a sharp response on Saturday, directly addressing comments from Ankara regarding Greece's newly adopted Special Spatial Framework for Industry and Supply Chain.

Athens stated that Turkey's repeated assertion of baseless claims, each time Greece announces a new spatial framework, lends them neither legal standing nor substance. The Greek ministry emphasized that Greece's position on sovereignty in the Aegean Sea is unequivocally clear, firmly grounded in existing international treaties, and requires no further commentary.

the position of Greece regarding the regime of sovereignty in the Aegean is absolutely clear, based on the applicable International Treaties and does not admit further comment

— Greek Ministry of Foreign AffairsResponding to Turkish claims about Greece's spatial framework.

This firm stance comes after Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Öncü Keçeli claimed on Friday that the new Greek framework produced no legal effects. The Greek ministry's response, delivered in two sentences, directly counters Turkey's attempts to reintroduce theories about grey zones and unspecified sovereign formations in the Aegean.

Keçeli had also urged Athens to respect the Athens Declaration on good neighborliness and expressed readiness for cooperation, while implicitly positioning Turkey as a co-manager of the Aegean. The Greek side categorically rejects any attempt to create faits accomplis and closes the discussion on Aegean sovereignty.

the fact that Turkey repeats the same baseless and unacceptable claim every time Greece announces a new Special Spatial Framework does not give it legal standing or any substance.

— Greek Ministry of Foreign AffairsRejecting Turkey's commentary on Greece's new industrial spatial framework.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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