A Turkish corvette is escorting a newly-acquired drillship by Turkey in order to conduct exploratory offshore drilling in the Mediterranean Sea.
The movements of the corvette are being monitored by the Greek navy.
According to media reports, it is currently in international waters southeast of Greece’s Peloponnese region, escorting the Drillship Deepsea Metro 2.
Its exact destination is not known, a fact which has created concern in Cyprus, wary of intrusions to its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
On Tuesday, drilling ship Saipem 12000 entered the Cypriot EEZ, to begin operating in the next few days for Italy’s ENI.
Meanwhile, six Greek fishing boats “wanted to enter Turkish waters” at Imia, reported Turkish newspaper Milliyet on Wednesday, speaking of tensions in the sea area.
Specifically, the Turkish newspaper noted that a Greek coast guard boat from the port of Kalymnos, and six Greek fishing boats approached Imia and “wanted to enter Turkish waters”, but Turkish patrols blocked the Greek boats.
According to the Turkish newspaper, the coast guard vessel and the fishing boats, went to an area where eight Turkish boats were already fishing in “international waters”.
Milliyet claimed that the Greek boats approached the Turkish boats at a distance of 100 metres, and were driven away.
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