Turkey has confirmed an incident with a Cypriot flagged ship in the Mersin, Antioch, and Famagusta triangle, Turkish press reports said on Thursday.
Specifically, Turkish media have cited sources in the navy who informed them about an incident concerning the ship Royal Flash.
The same sources said that Ankara sent a ship to the area where the Cypriot ship was conducting research on August 21.
The Turkish frigate monitored the movements of the Royal Flash, which was in the area researching energy reserves Turkish media said.
On August 25 and 26 the Turkish frigate sent warnings to the Cypriot ship.
However, the same sources mentioned that Royal Flash ignored the warnings and continued its research in a larger area.
The Cypriot ship has since been continuing its research as planned, and Cyprus’ police have said that the ship did not enter foreign waters.
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