Date:
26 Sep 2012
Following notification of the Foreign Ministry by the Shipping and Aegean Ministry regarding an incident of violation of Greek National Waters by a Turkish Coast Guard vessel, which, as a result of the dangerous maneuvers was making, collided with a vessel of the Greek Coast Guard, which was carrying out a patrol within the framework of operation Poseidon 2012, the Greek Embassy in Ankara was instructed to make a demarche that is to stress that such actions run the risk of causing an accident, exacerbate the climate between the two countries, and do not contribute to the effective handling of illegal migration.
