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Turkish NAVTEX for surveys in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Greece-Cyprus cable

33 outlets · 48 articles · Greek title: Τουρκική NAVTEX για έρευνες στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο και το καλώδιο Ελλάδας-Κύπρου

What happened

What the sources report

Turkey has issued a new NAVTEX for geophysical surveys of the East to Med Data Corridor (EMC) undersea data cable in the Eastern Mediterranean. Simerini / Sigma

According to Turkish NAVTEX 1032/26, the surveys will be carried out by the vessel S/V KOBI RUEGG from 21 October 2026 until further notice. Simerini / Sigma

Athens responded on Tuesday evening with a counter-NAVTEX from the Heraklion station of the Hydrographic Service of the Hellenic Navy. SKAI

The Greek announcement stresses that the overwhelming majority of the coordinates lie within the Greek continental shelf, as defined by international law and Law 4001/2011. flash.gr

The Heraklion station states that the Turkish message is invalid and calls for it to be cancelled immediately. in.gr

Where they differ

Regarding the subject of the Turkish NAVTEX, Newsbeast links it to the survey area of the Greece–Cyprus electricity interconnector, while Simerini / Sigma links it to the EMC undersea data cable. Newsbeast Simerini / Sigma

Machine-translated by AI (Claude) from our Greek summary, which AI wrote from the outlets’ articles and which a person checks by sampling. It may contain errors; check the sources.

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