ATHENS – The Greek government welcomed a Turkish survey vessel's return to port Sunday from a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean that has been at the heart of a summer stand-off between Greece and Turkey over energy rights.
The Oruc Reis research ship returned to near the southern Turkish port of Antalya for the first time in more than a month after Turkey announced in July that it was dispatching a vessel to work in waters that Greece claims are its exclusive jurisdiction."This is a positive signal.
We will see how this develops to make a proper assessment,″ Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas told TV channel Skai. The ship returned to Antalya after its Navtex, or international maritime safety advisory, for the waters between.