On Thursday 30 July, Peter Stano, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service, described Turkey’s decision to issue a new Navtex (maritime information system) involving exploratory activities to the east of Cyprus as a “negative development”.
“Turkey’s decision to issue a new Navtex on Tuesday (28 July) for seismic surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean is not at all helpful and overshadows an earlier announcement by the diplomatic adviser to the Turkish president...