The Navy Hydrographic Service (HNHS) in Herakleion, Crete, on Monday issued a counter-NAVTEX, in response to Antalya’s illegal NAVTEX for activities within the Greek continental shelf.
Greece’s counter-NAVTEX underlines that the Turkish activity is unauthorized and illegal, in an area that overlaps the Greek continental shelf.
It also said that the Herakleion Navtex station has the authority to broadcast Navtex messages in the area.
Earlier, the Antalya station issued a NAVTEX with number FA06 -1262/20 concerning a sea area 6.5 nautical miles south of Kastellorizo and 22 nautical miles southeast of Rhodes.