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Tuesday 1 december 2020

Turkish research ship in port after Mediterranean survey

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Recep Tayyip Erdogan ac-
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish cused Athens of failing to
research vessel at the heart fulfill promises.
of a Mediterranean Sea Turkey’s defense minister
energy dispute between Hulusi Akar on Monday
Turkey and Greece is back again accused Greece of
in port in an apparent bid “stubbornly avoiding dia-
to ease tensions ahead of logue and looking for solu-
a European Union summit tions elsewhere.”
where potential sanctions EU leaders are meeting for
against Ankara will be dis- a summit on Dec. 10-11
cussed. and are expected to dis-
In a tweet Monday, Tur- cuss the dispute and pos-
key’s energy ministry said sible sanctions.
the Oruc Reis had returned German Chancellor Ange-
to port in Antalya after la Merkel hailed the return
completing seismic re- of the Oruc Reis to port as
search in the Demre field. a “good sign,” but noted
Ship tracker MarineTraffic that Turkey was still carry-
showed the survey ship had ing out drilling activities off
docked. Cyprus.
Tensions between the two In this Sept. 27, 2020 file photo, Turkey’s research vessel Oruc Reis is anchored off the coast of Separately, Greece, Egypt,
neighbors and nominal Antalya on the Mediterranean Sea in Turkey. Cyprus are conducting
NATO allies escalated over sea and air military drills
the summer with a military Jens Stoltenberg said he the energy rights of Turkey lawfully carrying out drill- in waters off Alexandria,
build-up after Turkey sent was still concerned with the and breakaway Turkish Cy- ing and exploratory work in Egypt, through Sunday.
the survey ship, escorted by situation and was working priots by setting maritime waters where it claims ex- The Medusa exercise has
navy frigates, into disputed to reduce tensions by keep- boundaries according to clusive economic rights. been a component of the
waters in the eastern Medi- ing lines of communication their own interests and at- The competing claims have three countries’ coopera-
terranean. open, cancelling military tempting to exclude Turkey led to a diplomatic crisis tion pact since 2017, and is
The move prompted drills and other measures. from potential oil and gas and aggressive rhetoric. joined this year by France
Greece to also send its “When the ship Oruc Reis reserves. EU-members Greece and and the United Arab Emir-
warships, and both coun- is in port, as it is from to- Turkey says maritime Cyprus, along with France, ates.
tries conducted military day as far as I have been boundaries for hydrocar- have called for sanctions Greece and Cyprus have
exercises to assert their informed, that helps to re- bon resources should be on Turkey. signed separate maritime
claims. NATO intervened, duce tensions and makes calculated from the main- The Oruc Reis was pulled border agreements with
organizing technical talks it easier to make progress land. Greece invokes in- back to port in Septem- Egypt and all three coun-
between the two coun- also on deconfliction,” Stol- ternational law to say the ber for maintenance and tries have condemned Tur-
tries’ militaries to prevent tenberg told a news con- continental shelves of its resupply. Turkish officials key’s actions in the Medi-
a potential armed conflict. ference. islands dotting the Mediter- said it was withdrawn from terranean. They dismiss a
NATO foreign ministers are Ankara says Greece and ranean should be included Greek-claimed waters to similar deal that Ankara
scheduled to meet Dec the Greek Cypriot-led gov- within its energy zone. give diplomacy a chance. signed with Libya’s Tripoli-
1-2. ernment on war-divided The Cypriot government It was redeployed in Octo- based government as “le-
NATO Secretary General Cyprus are impinging on also accuses Turkey of un- ber after Turkish President gally invalid.”q

Spain dismantles migrants’ ‘dock of shame’ in Canary Islands

day night to other facilities. legal advice and some by Prime Minister Pedro
The last to leave were 27 people were held for much Sánchez, is trying to reac-
migrants who have tested longer than the three days tivate deportations to Mo-
positive for coronavirus and that the law allows. rocco, where most of the
were placed in isolation. All migrants have been re- migrants are coming from,
Assisted by Red Cross vol- located to makeshift mili- and other Western African
unteers, most of the 14,000 tary facilities with better countries. It has transferred
migrants arriving since late infrastructure and hotels to the Spanish mainland
August have spent time across Gran Canaria and only a few of the migrants,
at the Arguineguín dock. other islands, Anselmo Pes- mostly women, minors and
In November, nearly 2,600 tana, the Spanish govern- a reduced number of asy-
A view of the now empty makeshift migrant camp located at people slept, ate and were ment delegate in the archi- lum-seekers.
the Arguineguin port on the southwestern coast of the Gran tested in the makeshift fa- pelago, told reporters on More than 20,000 people
Canaria island, Spain on Monday Nov. 30, 2020. cility under police watch Monday. seeking a better life have
Associated Press after arriving on maritime The Spanish Atlantic arrived so far this year in
JAVIER FERGO the Canary Islands. rescue boats. Ocean archipelago off the the Spanish archipelago,
ARGUINEGUIN, Spain (AP) The Spanish government’s The facility had been criti- west coast of Africa is bet- up from 1,500 in the same
— Spanish authorities have delegation in the Atlantic cized by human rights or- ter known for its beaches, period of 2019. According
dismantled a makeshift Ocean archipelago con- ganizations and Spain’s volcanic landscapes and to the International Orga-
camp for migrant pro- firmed Monday that all the ombudsman for its poor other natural wonders that nization for Migration, at
cessing that for over three 830 people held Friday at conditions. Many migrants in non-coronavirus times least 500 people have died
months was known as the the Arguineguín dock, on were left to sleep with just attracted millions of visitors while attempting to reach
“dock of shame” for hold- the southwestern coast of a blanket and no showers. from European countries. the islands that they see
ing thousands of Africans in Gran Canaria Island, had Potential asylum-seekers Spain’s left-wing ruling as a stepping stone into
squalor after they arrived in been moved out by Sun- had no proper access to government coalition, led Europe.q