Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s response to journalists’ questions regarding the recent statement from the spokesperson of the Turkish Foreign Ministry on the non-existence of delimited maritime borders between Greece and Turkey

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Konstantinos Koutras made the following statement in response to journalists’ questions regarding the recent statement from the spokesperson of the Turkish Foreign Ministry on the non-existence of delimited maritime borders between Greece and Turkey:

“The recent statement from the spokesperson of the Turkish Foreign Ministry regarding the non-existence of delimited maritime borders between Greek and Turkey is incomprehensible. These borders are clearly determined based on the international agreements in force (1923 Treaty of Lausanne, 1926 Athens Protocol, 1932 Italian-Turkish Agreement and Protocol). These Treaties are of course in force and are binding for Turkey, and so any of its claims in the current case are legally groundless and conflict with international law. Furthermore, as regards the delimitation of maritime zones, it is clear that wherever a relevant agreement does not exist, the principle of equidistance/median line is implemented based on the customary law applicable to all parties.”