TRABZON (AA) - August 14, 2012 - Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group (Blackseafor) ships docked at the northeastern province of Trabzon.
Blackseafor top commander Colonel Ahmet Hakan Gunes and other commanders visited Trabzon Governor Recep Kizilcik on Tuesday and informed him about activities of Blackseafor.
Kizilcik said that Black Sea was a sea of friendship, stating that the group would contribute to world peace.
Gunes said that Blackseafor has been exerting efforts for friendship and cooperation.
Blackseafor ships will be open to public visit till August 17.
Turkey assumed last Thursday command of the Blackseafor from Russia for a period of one year.
The Black Sea Naval Co-operation Task Group was created in early 2001 under the leadership of Turkey, with the participation of all other Black Sea littoral states, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.
The Blackseafor founding agreement was signed in Istanbul on April 2nd, 2001.
The original purpose of Blackseafor was to promote security and stability in the Black Sea and beyond, strengthen friendship and good neighborly relations among regional States, and increase tolerance among those states' naval forces.
