Cyprus addresses Turkish violations at EU energy meeting
Thursday 05/December/2019 - 02:44 PM
Cypriot Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis
The issue of escalating Turkish violations in the
Cyprus EEZ has been raised by Cypriot Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis while
addressing a meeting of the EU Energy Ministers' Council, held Thursday in
Brussels, according to Cyprus News Agency.
In particular, the Minister stated: “today at the
Energy Council, my fellow Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Gerasimos Thomas raised
the issue of the signing of the memorandum between Turkey and Libya, as
announced by Turkish officials.
"My colleague explained that this was a blatant
violation of international law and, of course, as Cyprus we expressed our
solidarity with Greece, as the European Commission did."
