Turkey will continue carrying out hydrocarbons exploration in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone despite the European Union's negative reaction, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, APA reports referring to Sputnik.
"In early May, our vessel Fatih started drilling to the west off the island of Cyprus on a continental shelf, with our country informing the United Nations about it, under licenses provided to our governments. Our drilling vessel Yavuz was sent to the south off the Karpas Peninsula in order to carry out works under a license provided to the government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ... Turkey maintains its rights on the continental shelf in the Eastern Mediterranean and will continue protecting the rights of Cyprus' Turkish community for its shelf", the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
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