Treaty of London (1827)

The Treaty of London of 6 July 1827 entered into by Britain, France and Russia. The three major European powers demanded that the revolutionaries in Greece and the Ottoman Empire to cease hostilities, and sought for a closing within one month ceasefire. The allied powers wanted to achieve that Constantine Opel an independent Greek state and offered to manage their exchange to. The agreement was aimed for the case of formation of a Greek state from the fact that the country continues to belong to the Ottoman Empire and the Sultan should remain supreme ruler of an independent Greece.

Stationed in the Mediterranean fleets of the three powers were ordered to control Greek waters and prevent troops Postings from Egypt to Greece. However, you should hostilities begin only when the Turks wanted to force a breakthrough to the mainland.

However, the presented by the ambassadors on August 16, the gate ultimatum went unanswered. The Ottoman Empire familiar with this decision on the strength of its naval forces. An Egyptian fleet, 89 sail with 5,000 men strong troops, had arrived on 8 September in Navarino to make it through a major blow to the entire war in Greece to an end. As a result, it came shortly after the Battle of Navarino, when the victorious allies.