Incident between Turkey and Greece ? Turkish ship slams Greek

Greek media call an unprecedented episode and provocation the incident with the Turkish ship in the Aegean, which slammed Greek. According to “Protothema”, following the incident, immediately at 5: 00 a.m. Friday, there was an urgent call from Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who briefed Greek Prime Minister Aleksis Cipras, Foreign Minister and the opposition. He also said all measures have been taken to impose criminal and civil sanctions under international maritime law. The Navy General Staff reports that the first “in Friday morning morning, May 4, 2018, a Turkish-flagged KARMATE merchant ship, approached and crashed into the Greek ship ARMATOLOS in the southeastern Lesvos”, writes “Panorama”

Sea incident between Turkey and Greece, Turkish ship slams Greek

Another sea incident between Turkey and Greece. Greek media report that a Turkish flag ship crashed into the Hellenic Navy off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos in the early hours Friday

The incident occurred after the Greek ship Armitolos was on patrol within Greek waters, according to an announcement by the Navy General Staff, which said the Turkish flag ship Carmata was violating sea safety regulations and drawing close to the Greek ship, and slammed it. She didn't respond to the radio call from the Greek ship and this led to a crash between them, luckily without harming members of the crew. Armatolo's patrol was part of an allied exercise to control the influx of migrants to the Aegean.

The Greek ship continued on track after the incident after having suffered no injuries or injuries. /Panorama/