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10 June, 2016The Martyr Lieutenant Caner Gönyeli 2016 Search and Rescue Exercise was carried out on Wednesday, 8 June 2016.
The first phase of the joint naval exercises was carried out 13 miles off Dipkarpaz- Famagusta, out of the TRNC territorial waters, in the Turkish Search and Rescue Region; and the second phase was carried out at Famagusta offshore in the TRNC territorial waters 5 miles off Zeytin Burnu, with the participation of Turkey and the TRNC and it was attended by military and civilian search and rescue components.
In his speech at the exercise area, Rear Admiral Hakan Üstem stated that Turkey and the TRNC reinforced the cooperation and coordination on the issue of the Search and Rescue Exercise and the interoperability of military and civilian search and rescue elements and the remote control and testing of communication procedures were realized.
Emphasizing that the essential and primary principles of the search and rescue operations are to save lives, Üstem stated that Turkey gave importance to the survival of each victim of irregular immigration in the Mediterranean and also in the Aegean Regions.