Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over Greece-Cyprus underwater cable.

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WATCH THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN TONIGHT!

A “MISHAP” COULD HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT!

1- Greece issued a NAVTEX notice for the French vessel “Abeille Marengo” to conduct research as part of the electricity cable project between Cyprus and Greece.

2- Turkey issued a counter-notice through the Antalya NAVTEX Station, emphasizing that the area lies within Turkey’s continental shelf.

2- It was stated that if the Turkish Navy enters the area and intervenes, Greek guided-missile attack boats and frigates will surround and protect the French vessel, while warnings will be issued to Turkish warships and air support will be called in.

3- It was claimed that if Turkish warships use force, Greece aims to put its rules of engagement directly into effect.

4- The Turkish Navy is on alert!
Israel is sending Greece into the field and trying something.

5- The Greek Navy cannot be this bold. But the Turkish Navy may not hesitate.

6- An Israel-Greece front has been formed against Turkey at the Western Gate. This front will be dismantled too.

7- Israel and Greece recently held an exercise to “sink an enemy ship in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean.”

8- Their hands are on the trigger right now. It looks that way. Turkey could sink the “Abeille Marengo.”

Great Sea Interconnector

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI),[2] formerly known as the EuroAsia Interconnector[3] is a planned HVDC interconnector between the Greek, Cypriot, and Israeli power grids via the world’s longest submarine power cable, with a length of 310 kilometres (190 mi) from Israel to Cyprus and 898 kilometres (558 mi) from Cyprus to Greece for a total of 1,208 kilometres (751 mi).[4][1]

On 8 March 2021, Cyprus, Greece and Israel signed an initial agreement to build the world’s largest and deepest submarine power cable that will connect the three Mediterranean countries’ power grids.[13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sea_Interconnector

Translated from Turkish
📌Greece issued a NAVTEX covering 6 November 2026–6 March 2027 for work to be carried out by the French research vessel Abeille Marengo on the Crete–Cyprus cable project (GSI).

‼️This NAVTEX map falls within the continental shelf boundaries Turkey notified to the UN in March 2020.

👉Turkey stated that consent is required for this research activity in the notified continental shelf area and that this process has not been completed.

👉Greece, however, takes the view that “no permission is required for this.”

📌Greece tried this two years ago as well.
In July 2024, it tried to enter the notified Turkish continental shelf without permission along the same route using the Italian vessel Ievoli Relume; the Turkish Navy blocked this attempt.

‼️Now, according to the Greek press, as of this morning (7 November), the Abeille Marengo is set to depart from Crete toward Cyprus.

⚠️The purpose: Greece is seen as trying to test whether the GSI survey can proceed without obtaining permission from Turkey by having Abeille Marengo head from Crete toward Cyprus. Turkey announced that it does not accept this activity through a counter-NAVTEX and a Foreign Ministry statement.

May God help our seafarers… Good luck to our heroes who protect and safeguard Turkey’s rights in the Blue Homeland…

📌Map: This map shows Greece’s NAVTEX and Turkey’s continental shelf together.
On the map, the yellow section north of Crete falls outside the notification; the orange section enters the notified shelf east of Kaot–Kerpe and extends toward the waters off Cyprus.

NOTE: At the end of last month, the Greek Cypriot administration filed a baseless and absurd complaint with the UN against Turkey’s Mediterranean Research 1 vessel.

h/t Fenris

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