Turkey to hold joint naval drill with Romania and Greece

Turkey, Romania and Greece will jointly launch a naval exercise, dubbed "Turkish Minex-2006", on the Aegean Sea from Nov. 8 to 17, Turkey's semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday.

According to a statement by the Turkish Naval Forces Command, Turkish, Romanian and Greek warships, Standing NATO Response Force Mine Countermeasure Group 2 (SNMCMG) and Turkish Armed Forces aircraft will join the exercise.

The mission of the drill aims to enhance cooperation between naval forces of the allies, the statement said.

Source: Xinhua