Turkish military jets violate Greek airspace 33 times in a day
Thursday 06/August/2020 - 03:09 PM
Eight Turkish aircraft infringed on Greek national
airspace 33 times on Wednesday, the Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported.
Six F-16 fighter jets and two CN-235 transport
planes violated Greek airspace, and were identified and intercepted according
to international aviation law, according to Kathimerini.
Turkish fighter planes committed 50 new violations
of Greek national airspace in one day on July 2, according to the Greek
military authorities.
Greece and Turkey dispute territory in the Aegean
and Mediterranean seas, where many Greek islands and islets lie just a few
kilometres off the Turkish coastline. Military tensions between the two NATO
allies have also escalated due to drilling for hydrocarbons around the divided
island of Cyprus.
