It does what it has to do under the framework of international law… International law has a purpose and a benefit; it is like a wall set against the most legal claims … We are more powerful than Macedonians and strong-armed them to acknowledge our position. It is acting in a similar way in the Black Sea, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. In the process of shaping our 21st century geopolitics, the center of gravity in the use of sea power should be the Eastern Mediterranean. Every step we take without the independence of TRNC in the Eastern Mediterranean is futile. Remember that our biggest geopolitical assurances to maintain the status quo in the Eastern Mediterranean are the TRNC and the Republic’s Navy.

Source: Libya Today July 17, 2020 09:11 UTC