Greece calls new Turkish survey mission a threat to region

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Greece has accused Turkey of undermining efforts to ease a crisis over eastern Mediterranean drilling rights&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The charges come after Ankara redeployed a survey vessel for new energy exploration in disputed waters – including an area very close to a secluded Greek island&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The move reignited tension over sea boundaries between Greek islands&comma; Cyprus and Turkey’s southern coast which had flared up over the summer&comma; prompting a military build-up&comma; bellicose rhetoric and fears of a confrontation between the two Nato members and historic regional rivals&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Turkish search vessel&comma; Oruc Reis&comma; left the port of Antalya on Monday&period; An international maritime safety advisory&comma; or Navtex&comma; issued late on Sunday said the exploration would last until October 22&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>This new unilateral act is a severe escalation on Turkey’s part<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar said the vessel was continuing with its &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;planned and scheduled activities&comma;” adding that the Turkish navy would provide &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;support and protection” if necessary&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed the development on the phone with European Council president Charles Michel&comma; saying he would bring it up at the next council meeting on October 15-16&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This new unilateral act is a severe escalation on Turkey’s part&comma;” a government statement quoted Mr Mitsotakis as saying&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Monday&comma; Turkey said Greek objections to Orus Reis’ redeployment were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;unacceptable”&comma; insisting that the search vessel was operating within Turkey’s continental shelf – an area nearly 10 miles away from the Turkish coast and about 265 miles away from mainland Greece&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our expectation from Greece is for it to withdraw its maximalist claims that are contrary to international law … put an end to its exercises and military activities that increase tensions in the Aegean and the Mediterranean and to enter into a sincere dialogue with us&comma;” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Turkey faces the threat of sanctions from the European Union&comma; which has sided in the dispute with member states Greece and Cyprus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>German foreign minister Heiko Maas&comma; whose country holds the rotating EU presidency and has been mediating between Ankara and Athens&comma; will fly to Cyprus and Greece for talks on Tuesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On Monday&comma; the German government said it had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;taken note” of Turkey’s announcement on the energy prospecting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If there really were exploration in this disputed area of sea&comma; that would be a very regrettable step and&comma; from our point of view&comma; an unwise one&comma;” German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman&comma; Steffen Seibert&comma; told reporters in Berlin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It would set back efforts to reduce tensions in the eastern Mediterranean and it most certainly would be anything but conducive to the continued development of EU-Turkish relations&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e911bc28">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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