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Wed, 10/12/2011 - 15:05
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Turkish Cypriot president says whole world saw TRNC is a sovereign state
LEFKOSA (A.A) – October 12, 2011 – President Dervis Eroglu of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has said that Turkey and TRNC had signed an agreement on the delineation of the continental shelf in UN's headquarters in New York which showed that TRNC was a sovereign state and it was recognized by Turkey.
Speaking at a reception on Tuesday, Eroglu said that TRNC Parliament would soon debate the agreement.
Noting that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and he had put signatures on the agreement, Eroglu said that the agreement was signed in line with the constitution.
Eroglu said that the whole world saw that TRNC was a sovereign state and it was recognized by Turkey as the two countries signed the agreement in New York.
On September 21, Erdogan and Eroglu signed in New York an agreement on the delineation of the continental shelf between two countries in the East Mediterranean.
The deal gave Turkey the green light to search oil and natural gas inside the Turkish Cypriot waters.
The agreement followed a Greek Cypriot move to start offshore drilling for natural gas and oil in the southeast of the Eastern Mediterranean island.
On September 22, TRNC Council of Ministers gave exploration license to TPAO, Turkish Petroleum Corp., to explore oil and natural gas in the sea around Cyprus island.
TRNC President Eroglu met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York on September 24, and proposed to suspend oil and natural gas exploration until a comprehensive solution was found to Cyprus question or if Greek Cypriot administration insisted on oil exploration, then a committee shall be set up by the two sides in the island, and it shall decide how to share the richness that could be found after the explorations. However, Greek Cypriot side did not give a positive response. Thus, TPAO, by Piri Reis vessel, began geophysical research and seismic data collecting studies on behalf of TRNC on September 26.
In 2010, the Greek Cypriot administration and Israel signed an accord demarcating their maritime borders to facilitate a search for mineral deposits in the East Mediterranean.
The Greek Cypriot side had signed a deal with U.S.-based Noble Energy to start drilling in an 324,000-hectare economic zone adjacent to the Israeli waters.
(GC-MS)
Speaking at a reception on Tuesday, Eroglu said that TRNC Parliament would soon debate the agreement.
Noting that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and he had put signatures on the agreement, Eroglu said that the agreement was signed in line with the constitution.
Eroglu said that the whole world saw that TRNC was a sovereign state and it was recognized by Turkey as the two countries signed the agreement in New York.
On September 21, Erdogan and Eroglu signed in New York an agreement on the delineation of the continental shelf between two countries in the East Mediterranean.
The deal gave Turkey the green light to search oil and natural gas inside the Turkish Cypriot waters.
The agreement followed a Greek Cypriot move to start offshore drilling for natural gas and oil in the southeast of the Eastern Mediterranean island.
On September 22, TRNC Council of Ministers gave exploration license to TPAO, Turkish Petroleum Corp., to explore oil and natural gas in the sea around Cyprus island.
TRNC President Eroglu met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York on September 24, and proposed to suspend oil and natural gas exploration until a comprehensive solution was found to Cyprus question or if Greek Cypriot administration insisted on oil exploration, then a committee shall be set up by the two sides in the island, and it shall decide how to share the richness that could be found after the explorations. However, Greek Cypriot side did not give a positive response. Thus, TPAO, by Piri Reis vessel, began geophysical research and seismic data collecting studies on behalf of TRNC on September 26.
In 2010, the Greek Cypriot administration and Israel signed an accord demarcating their maritime borders to facilitate a search for mineral deposits in the East Mediterranean.
The Greek Cypriot side had signed a deal with U.S.-based Noble Energy to start drilling in an 324,000-hectare economic zone adjacent to the Israeli waters.
(GC-MS)
