Saturday, November 27, 2010

Papandreou: No talks with Ankara over Aegean

ΑΝΑ-ΜPΑ/Prime Minister George Papandreou reiterated, from Parliament's podium on Friday, that there is no issue of co-exploitation in the Aegean Sea with neighbouring Turkey, in answer to a tabled question by Popular Orthodox Rally (LA.OS) leader George Karatzaferis.

The premier noted that no such a discussion can be held with Turkey under the still existent threat of war (casus belli) issued in the 1990s by Turkey's assembly, "because our territorial rights are being disputed via incessant violations and infringements, and of course, because Turkey has not recognised the International Law of the Sea."ANA-MPa/

He also cited the fact that the issue of the Aegean's continental shelf has not been resolved based on international law and the International Court of The Hague.

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