Ankara Doesn’t Expect EU Sanctions over "Dispute" with Greece: Turkish FM

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday that the European Union is unlikely to impose sanctions on Ankara over its territorial claims in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Leaders of EU Mediterranean States Support Expansion of Sanctions Against Turkey

The summit of the seven Mediterranean countries of the European Union (EU-Med) expressed full support and solidarity with Cyprus and Greece in the face of Turkey's confrontational actions, and also proposed expanding sanctions against Ankara, according to the summit's declaration.

Greece is responding calmly and with readiness both on a diplomatic and on an operational level

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused neighboring Greece of “sowing chaos” in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, contested by the two nations based on overlapping natural resources claims.

Greece Ready to Go to The Hague Court Only Over Maritime Zones Delineation With Turkey

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the delineation of maritime zones and exclusive economic zone is the only disputed issue in relations with Turkey, adding that Athens is ready to settle this disagreement in the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

Egyptian properties on Greek islands: The full story of Egyptian state property on the Greek island of Thassos

 An official Egyptian delegation arrived in Athens on 2 October for a meeting with Greek officials for preliminary talks on a water demarcation agreement between Egypt and Greece.

Statements of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Venizelos and Environment, Energy & Climate Change Minister Maniatis. -Hellenic MoFA

MFA,Thursday, 30 January 2014

 

E. VENIZELOS: The exploration for the hydrocarbons that exist on the Greek continental shelf and the Greek exclusive economic zone are a firm and substantial priority for our government.

Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister Yiannis Maniatis and I, along with our associates, met so that we could all be equally up to date and have the same picture regarding the results of the very important seismic explorations carried out in previous months, regarding the analysis of the results of the seismic exploration, and, naturally, regarding the next steps that will lead to the selection of the concessionaires, precisely as has been done for other regions as well.

Βιβλίο: Το ενεργειακό μέλλον και το περιβάλλον.

Ν. Λυγερός

Τώρα που οι Έλληνες έχουν καταλάβει την αξία και το μέγεθος της Ελληνικής ΑΟΖ και τα δεδομένα των υδρογονανθράκων, έρχεται το βιβλίο του Μιχάλη Οικονομίδη και της ομάδας του, να μας διδάξει πρακτικά και αποτελεσματικά την επιστήμη της ενέργειας και τις επιπτώσεις της στο γεωπολιτικό γίγνεσθαι. Η προσέγγιση είναι ριζικά διαφορετική από άλλες προσπάθειες. Οφείλεται σίγουρα στη ριζοσπαστικότητα της σκέψης του υπεύθυνου της συγγραφής αλλά και στο γεγονός ότι έχουμε μια μορφή αντεπίθεσης του Ελληνισμού αφού δεν ακούμε για μια πολλοστή φορά ένα ξένο think tank να ασχολείται με τα δεδομένα της Ελλάδας και να μας εξηγεί τι πρέπει να κάνουμε, αλλά έχουμε Έλληνες σε μια συγγραφική ομάδα που μελετούν διεξοδικά τα στοιχεία της ενέργειας στην Αμερική αλλά και στην Κίνα. 

No tension over Russian aircraft near Turkey's airspace. Regarding recent claims that Greek coast guard boats intervened in Turkish boats in the waters of the Imia islands, Davutoglu said....

The incident over the Black Sea on Wednesday in which Turkish F-16 jets pursued a Russian military aircraft flying near Turkish airspace [1] must not be assessed as a sign of tension between the countries, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday.

Davutoglu explained the Russian aircraft was conducting a drill in accordance with international law, and the pursuit by Turkish F-16s was merely an automatic response toward objects approaching airspace.

Davutoglu responded to questions during a press conference at the ministry in Ankara with his Bulgarian counterpart Kristian Vigenin.
“Sometimes such measures are taken between nations amid these types of exercises... there is no reason to blow this case out of proportion,” he said.

Norwegian firm to do oil surveys

By Chryssa Liaggou
Norwegian company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has been selected to undertake seismic surveys in the regions of the Ionian Sea and southern Crete, Environment and Energy Minister Evangelos Livieratos announced on Wednesday in Parliament and then at a press conference in Athens. Greece can expect drilling for hydrocarbons to begin as early as 2014.
PGS also performed seismic surveys off the Cypriot coast, collecting data that have led to the utilization of the first reserves in the island’s exclusive economic zone.

Ελληνικοί υδρογονάνθρακες και νομοθεσία

Η. Κονοφάγος, Ν. Λυγερός, Τ. Φωκιανού (OPUS)
Για να γίνει εντελώς κατανοητό το καθεστώς της έρευνας και της εκμετάλλευσης των υδρογονανθράκων στην ελληνική ΑΟΖ και να αποδείξουμε ότι οι απολαβές θα αφορούν αποκλειστικά το ελληνικό κράτος, πρέπει να εξετάσουμε το αρχικό πλαίσιο της οδηγίας της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης 94/22/ΕΚ στις 30 Μαΐου 1994, η οποία έχει υπογράψει την Σύμβαση των Ηνωμένων Εθνών για το Δίκαιο της Θάλασσας. Σε αυτό το πλαίσιο, η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση καθώς εξαρτάται σε μεγάλο βαθμό από τις εισαγωγές για τον εφοδιασμό της σε υδρογονάνθρακες, εκτιμά ότι είναι σκόπιμο να ενθαρρυνθεί η καλύτερη δυνατή αναζήτηση, εξερεύνηση και πόρων που βρίσκονται στην Κοινότητα.

Athens, Nicosia, Tel Aviv promote energy cooperation

Australia: 31 Aug 2012 (neoskosmos)

The governments of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will begin discussions in September about the exporting of natural gas quantities to western European countries, Cypriot Commerce and Industry Minister Neoklis Sylikiotis announced on Thursday in Nicosia.
The Cypriot official told state RIK television that he has received a positive response to his invitation to his Greek and Israeli counterparts for a meeting next month.
Sylikiotis also said the meeting will also discuss the formation of a working group to examine the creation of common infrastructures for the electricity interconnection of the three countries of the eastern Mediterranean.

Υπογραφές υπέρ της θέσπισης της Ελληνικής ΑΟΖ

Ν. Λυγερός (OPUS)

Με αυτές τις υπογραφές του ελληνικού λαού, θέλουμε να δείξουμε σε όλους τους πολιτικούς φορείς και ειδικά στη Βουλή των Ελλήνων, όπου θα ψηφιστεί το νομοσχέδιο του Νόμου της ελληνικής ΑΟΖ, ότι ο καθένας μας ζητά την εφαρμογή του Δικαίου της Θάλασσας στην πατρίδα μας, για να αξιοποιήσουμε τους υδρογονάνθρακες που βρίσκονται στα ελληνικά κοιτάσματα, έτσι ώστε να βγούμε αποτελεσματικά και στρατηγικά από την οικονομική κρίση με τις ίδιες τις δυνάμεις μας και με την αξιοπρέπεια που μας χαρακτηρίζει.

Υπογραφές (ΕΔΩ)
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EEZ as a bargaining chip

N. Lygeros (OPUS)

Translated from the Greek by Evi Charitidou

One of the main advantages of the Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, especially after having it proclaimed, is that it constitutes a bargaining chip. The Greek EEZ is not simply a huge maritime area it also means huge hydrocarbon deposits, which follow in a geological series those of Israel (especially Leviathan and Tamar deposits) and of Cyprus (Aphrodite deposit). This probability, since required drilling has not yet taken place, already changes the given at geopolitical level by offering an extremely positive context to the Greek government at a time when it fights to change the economic status of our country and is involved in talks with other countries.

EEZ as economic tool

N. Lygeros (OPUS)

Translated from the Greek by Evi Charitidou

As we get prepared for proclaiming the Greek EEZ, namely for materializing the first stage, we already have to study its strategic depth as well. This may take place by examining foreign cases. Other states have considered EEZ to be an economic tool. At this period, due to economic difficulties Italy puts emphasis on block charting, to allot sea areas to foreign companies for extracting hydrocarbons.