EU Council conclusions on Turkey illegal drillings in Cypriot EEZ
The matter of sanctions against Turkey was one of the issues on the agenda of the European Council after talks on the Brexit debate.
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The matter of sanctions against Turkey was one of the issues on the agenda of the European Council after talks on the Brexit debate.
The Turkish provocations don’t seem to end. In a non-paper Ankara distributed to all European Union member states, with the exception of Cyprus which it “does not recognize as a country” (sic), Turkey warns the EU not to interfere in the issue of the Cyprus EEZ, threatening that this will deteriorate the Greek-Turkish relations and the prospects for a solution to the Cyprus problem.
A message to Turkey to stop escalating through "provocative actions" was sent by US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt at the same time that Turkey through Energy Minister Fatih Donmez not only confirmed that drill ship "Fatih" has been drilling into the Cypriot EEZ but announced that Ankara is already sending a second such ship there.