ANKARA, April 1. /TASS/. Turkey has no problems whatsoever in the waters of the Black Sea following earlier reports about discovered drifting mines, however the country will carry on with precaution measures, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said following the Friday prayer.

"They [discovered mines] have been all destroyed. Our Navy is on a stern mission now to track all of them," Erdogan said. "There are no problems at all today, but we remain standing solid in regard to security measures."

On March 26, the Dogan agency reported that an object resembling a mine was discovered by fishermen. The Turkish Ministry of Defense issued a statement shortly after affirming that the object in question was neutralized.

According to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, he discussed this issue with Russian and Ukrainian representatives. Akar also stated that after the incident, Turkish Navy minesweepers were put on high alert duty in the region.

On March 19, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that mines placed by Ukraine’s Navy at the approaches to Black Sea ports may drift toward Bosporus and the Mediterranean Sea due to cable breaks. The Russian agency stressed back then that Ukraine’s armed forces have "once again demonstrated [their] utter ignorance of fundamental international laws and disregard for human lives, including [those] of European Union nationals."

According to the 1907 Hague VIII (Convention relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mine), international law prohibits the placement of automatic anchor mines, which are not rendered harmless once they break their moorings.