Turkey agains Cyprus warns t any new energy moves

Government representative Nicos Christodoulides aforesaid any such a move would be a worrying development” and would solely “validate the explanation for not returning to the talks.

Cyprus warned Turkey on weekday that if it re-entered the exclusive economic zone wherever capital of Cyprus has commissioned explorative drilling there would be no likelihood of resuming stalled UN-brokered peace talks.

In response, Cyprus suspended its participation in UN-led peace talks launched in Feb.Last Oct, a Turkish ship encroached on Cyprus’s EEZ off its south coast, when capital of Turkey had given notice that a Turkish seismal vessel would do a survey within the same space wherever Italian-Korean energy pool ENI-Kogas is working.

Published in Dawn, Jan third, 2015Warning against another incident, Christodoulides told the Cyprus press agency on Friday: “While knowing such AN action wouldn't afford talks to resume, it'll sadly send the international community a negative message concerning the chance of a beginning of talks.