Turkish submarine visit to Albania

The Turkish submarine TCG Dolunay (S-352) Type 209/1200 anchored yesterday in the port of Durres after the end of NATO exercise NOBLE MANTA 2010. This is the first submarine berthed after the '90s, a port of Albania. The submarine of the Turkish Navy two-day visit in strengthening relations between the two fleets of the countryes.

In 1994 was signed in Ankara defense agreement that "if an armed attack by a third country, both parties will make every effort to halt all the consequences that will create and take advantage of the opportunities provided by international organizations.

In 2000 inaugurated in the presence of Chief of Turkish General Staff Iuseyin Kivrikoglu the great naval base was completed with expenditure of $ 10 million and technical assistance from Turkey and a large number of potential docking ships, the training center and yard, thus completing the strategic approach Albania.