According to Turkish media, on September 11 in the afternoon, the Greek coast guard opened warning fire on a ship with the flag of the Comoros near the Turkish island of Bozcaada.
Earlier, Turkish authorities said that the incident occurred in international waters, 11 miles southwest of the island of Bozcaada. Ankara demands a serious investigation into the incident.
“On Saturday afternoon, a patrol boat from the Port Authority of Mytilene spotted the ro-ro vessel ANATOLIAN under the flag of the Comoros in the sea area northwest of Lesbos, which was moving suspiciously within national territorial waters, heading north of the island,” the coast guard said. Greece.
The Turkish Coast Guard said in a statement that no one was injured in the shelling 11 nautical miles (20 km) southwest of the Turkish island of Bozcaada on Saturday. After a “warning fire” from a Greek Coast Guard boat, two Turkish Coast Guard ships set off for the area, while the Greek boats left, she added.
The Greek Coast Guard confirmed it had fired “warning shots” at a ship “moving suspiciously” in Greek territorial waters off the island of Lesvos. The captain of the cargo ship refused to allow a search and was later taken to nearby Turkish waters, Greek Coast Guard officials said, noting that they had informed Turkish maritime authorities of the incident.
The area is famous for the many boats that bring migrants from Turkey to the countries of the European Union, Greece and Italy. The Greek Coast Guard says it regularly checks ships that are behaving suspiciously in the Aegean. According to her, the Coast Guard Operations Center informed the Turkish authorities about the incident so that they could take their own actions.
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