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June 19, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/eu-ministers-urge-action-over-turkeys-drilling-off-cyprus/2019/06/18/9d13e5de-91f9-11e9-956a-88c291ab5c38_story.html

EU Ministers Urge Action over Turkey's Drilling Off Cyprus

(AP-Washington Post) Menelaos Hadjicostis - EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday expressed "grave concern over the ongoing illegal drilling" for gas by Turkey in waters where EU member Cyprus has exclusive economic rights. They called on the bloc's executive arm to submit possible sanctions, including cuts to financial aid that Turkey currently receives. The ministers "stress the immediate and serious consequences Turkey's illegal actions are having on the entire fabric of Turkish-EU relations." Turkey doesn't recognize Cyprus and says it is acting to protect its own rights and those of breakaway Turkish Cypriots.

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