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Turkey signs deal with Turkish Cyprus on gas exploration, expands sea borders

Turkey boils the waters in Medditerranean with gas exploration agrrement
Turkey boils the waters in Medditerranean with gas exploration agrrement

Turkey and Turkish Cyprus signed a deal on Wednesday in New York to establish a ground for offshore gas exploration in a move set to escalate the already high regional tensions over Mediterranean energy reserves and border issues.

On Tuesday, the Greek Cypriot administration confirmed that drilling had begun in a southeastern offshore block, adjoining a gas field in Israeli waters reputed to be the world’s largest gas reserves find of the past decade. With the latest agreement the ethnic Turkish northern half of Cyprus, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, marked its marine borders with Turkey and will issue licenses for offshore oil and gas drilling in response.

Turkey boils the waters in Medditerranean with gas exploration agrrement

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described the offshore gas drilling by Greek Cyprus and Turkey’s estranged ally Israel as “madness” before signing the deal with the Turkish Cypriots to pave the way for Turkish exploration off international water araın Cyprus island.

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Turkish Cypriot state, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, has only been recognised by Turkey, while the Greek Cypriot administration is internationally recognised and represents the island of Cyprus in the European Union.

Spokesman of Greek Cypriot administration Stefanos Stefanou said in New York that “Turkey has committed yet another unlawful act, signing an agreement with an illegal entity. “With this unlawful act, Turkey is trying to prevent the Cyprus republic from exercising a self-evident right which is recognized by the entire international community,” he added. “The international community is asking Turkey to respect international law.

Turkey’s responsed immediately .” We are protesting Greek Cypriots’ irresponsible, provocative and unilateral attempt,” the high-rolling Prime Minister Erdoğan stated after signing the deal with ”Foster-land”.

Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan declared the Turkish Cyprus would issue licenses for oil and gas search in the Mediterranean, but he did not give any date for it to happen. Erdogan also acknowledged Turkey will send warships to the area before the deployment of a research ship, burrowed from an Norwegen oil firm. Another remark from Tayyip Erdogan on Turkey’s military presence.

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