Pentagon raises alert after ‘Piri Reis’ spotted west of Psara in international waters

Under adjacent monitoring by the Greek Navy remains the probe Piri Reis, which is sailing successful planetary waters westbound of Psara, pursuing the NAVTEX issued by the neighboring state for investigations from October 4-14.

Although the Turkish NAVTEX issued by the Smyrna presumption was promptly answered by a Greek anti-NAVTEX, the Turkish probe vas is continuing its searches, with the question of whether its mobility volition escalate successful the adjacent twenty-four hours astatine each 22 spots it has indicated arsenic imaginable hunt points.

It should beryllium noted that the country designated arsenic a hunt country for Piri Reis nether the Turkish NAVTEX extends from Thassos to Chios, Agios Stratis, Mykonos, Ikaria, and Fourni, an enactment repeated for the 2nd clip successful astir a period successful the aftermath of Chevron‘s connection for searches successful 2 oversea areas southbound of Crete.

Following this, the Navy remains connected afloat alert, keeping a precise adjacent ticker connected the movements of the Piri Reis, arsenic good arsenic its transit points, portion Athens’ radar, successful summation to the Turkish probe vessel, is not exempt from the connection of the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakcan Fidan, who said implicit the play that determination are agreements successful the Eastern Mediterranean against Turkey.

According to Fidan, “there are areas of alliances that are being attempted successful the Mediterranean and the Eastern Mediterranean. We are looking astatine them and processing diplomatic measures for them.” “If you can’t make diplomatic measures connected definite issues, past you notation the substance to your military, to your information institutions, and much things happen. That is, you person to instrumentality the diplomatic measures you tin instrumentality successful advance,” the Turkish overseas curate concluded.

With an oculus connected the “Sea Wolf”

Meanwhile, the Turkish fleet is preparing for naval exercises owed to the DenizKurd-I (“Thalassolukos”) workout taking spot successful the Black Sea, Aegean Sea, and Eastern Mediterranean betwixt October 6-10, having further mobilized Greek staffs for the anticipation of sending a connection regarding the projection of naval powerfulness successful the Aegean and Southeastern Mediterranean.