Washington, June 10 -- Congressman Gus Bilirakis issued the following press release:
Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) and Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Hellenic Israel Alliance (CHIA), sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the Department of State to publicly oppose any effort by Turkey to codify the controversial "Blue Homeland" (Mavi Vatan) doctrine into Turkish law. The lawmakers warned that formalizing Turkey's expansive and heavily disputed maritime claims would threaten stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, undermine NATO cohesion, jeopardize regional energy cooperation, and negatively affect U.S. national security interests.
The letter states: "The United States ha...