EU threatens sanctions over Turkey's Cyprus drilling
Friday 21/June/2019 - 01:42 PM
The EU stepped up its rhetoric over Turkey's
"illegal" drilling for oil and gas off Cyprus, raising the threat of
sanctions if Ankara refuses to back down, France 24 channel reported on Friday.
As Turkey sent a new ship to search for hydrocarbons
off the coast of EU member Cyprus, the bloc repeated its condemnation of
Ankara's "illegal drilling activities".
The 28 EU leaders meeting at a summit in Brussels
said they "deplored that Turkey has not yet responded to the EU's repeated
calls to cease such activities".
Earlier this week EU states tasked the European
Commission, the bloc's executive, with preparing "appropriate
measures" to hit back at Turkey.
