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France Sends Forces to Mediterranean as Greece, Turkey Dispute Territory

Anthee Carassava

   ATHENS - France has ordered forces to the eastern Mediterranean to
   assist Greece, escalating a standoff between Greece and Turkey over oil
   drilling rights.

   French President Emannuel Macron said Turkey was provoking tensions
   with what he called its unilateral decision to send a research vessel
   to survey the seabed in a patch of the eastern Mediterranean that
   Greece -- and the European Union -- maintain that Greeks alone have the
   right to exploit.

   Turkey's reading of maritime law is different.

   Turkey disputes that Greek islands in the area are entitled to what is
   called an exclusive economic zone, and in pursuit of that, recently
   signed a maritime deal with Libya, hacking away much of Greece's zone.

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