Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu confirmed that his country would respond in the field to inspecting its ship, and that it would follow legal and political procedures.

This came in response to journalists' questions, Tuesday, after his ministry’s budget for 2021 was discussed in the parliament in the capital, Ankara, commenting on the German frigate’s inspection of a Turkish merchant ship, in contravention of international law, in the Mediterranean.

Cavusoglu stated that the Ankara Embassy in Rome and the relevant directorates at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the necessary warnings about the inability to allow boarding of the ship without the permission of the flag state.

He added, "After issuing the necessary warnings, the other side told us that we have informed you. It is indifferent to Security Council decisions or international law."

The Turkish minister said that his country will respond in the field, stressing that they will do what is necessary and will take the necessary measures.

Çavuşolu indicated that they had contacted the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the International Maritime Organization.

For his part, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that the "Irene" operation (launched by the European Union to impose an arms embargo on Libya) was born distorted, and not based on any basis in international law, adding that "the statements of our allies do not fully reflect the facts," Some of them are distorted. "

The leader of the Republican People's Party, the largest Turkish opposition party, Kemal Kilicdar, also criticized both Germany and Italy for the illegal searches of a Turkish merchant ship in the Mediterranean.

In a speech to the parliamentary bloc of his party, Kligdar denounced the way German forces dealt with the ship's crew.

On Monday, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the ambassadors of the countries concerned with the European Union, Germany and Italy to the ministry, and provided them with its observations on what happened, and Cavusoglu confirmed that they would not hesitate to follow the political and legal dimensions of this issue.

And on Sunday, a German frigate, as part of "Operation Irene", searched a Turkish merchant ship that was heading to the port of Misurata in western Libya.

The Irini command center admitted on Monday that its forces had searched a Turkish merchant ship in the Mediterranean, without permission from Ankara.

And the German Ministry of Defense announced that it had not found any prohibited goods on board.

On March 31, the European Union announced the launch of the Irene process to impose an embargo on the supply of weapons to Libya, and the scope of the operation is located in the Mediterranean, and the decision includes an embargo on weapons, ammunition, vehicles, military equipment, paramilitary equipment and spare parts, and it has been extended more than once.