Cyprus, a European Union member, is anxious to develop the gas reserves in its [...] exclusive economic zone (EEZ), an offshore region lying south of the island.
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus met in Nicosia yesterday to prepare for a summit between the three nations next month, and condemned Turkey’s actions.
“The ministers deplored the recent illegal actions perpetrated within Cyprus’s EEZ, as well as the unauthorized seismic operations being conducted therein,” they said in a statement.
Cyprus discovered an estimated 5 trillion cubic feet of gas in one offshore field in late 2011 and has licensed U.S. energy firm Noble, Italy’s ENI and France’s Total to search for gas.
“We are hopeful all activity in the eastern Mediterranean will conform with international regulations ... understandings which are based on good neighborly relations,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri told reporters, flanked by his Cypriot and Greek counterparts.
Egypt has penned a deal with the Nicosia government recognizing sea boundaries between the two countries.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Venizelos’ statement regarding the presence of the Turkish research vessel Barbaros within the Cypriot EEZ
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Any delimitation of the Mediterranean between Egypt and Greece will not be acceptable if it affects Turkey’s national interests, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said...
ReplyDeleteDavutoğlu’s remarks were published on Dec. 7 in the Greek newspaper To Vima, in an interview given at the end of the third High-Level Cooperation Council meeting between Greece and Turkey in Athens on Dec. 6.
“If Greece signs the agreement with Egypt, we would not accept it if it affects our national interests. This agreement will not exist for us,” he said.
Ankara believes there can be no demarcation in the Eastern Mediterranean without Turkey, he said, adding that “trilateral cooperation” between Greece-Cyprus-Egypt or Greece-Cyprus-Israel for natural resources amounts to “opportunism” that comes at a “bad time.”
The heads of state of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece met on Nov. 8 in Cairo to discuss how to boost energy cooperation, hoping they could sideline Turkey in the Mediterranean.
Israel also recently held talks with the EU to decide if they would invest in a pipeline from its Mediterranean gas fields through Cyprus................http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-would-not-accept-greece-egypt-mediterranean-deal-----.aspx?pageID=238&nID=75390&NewsCatID=345
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