Turkey Warns Cyprus Over Oil Exploration Deal With Total, Eni
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Turkey warned Cyprus against unilaterally signing energy exploration deals in disputed Mediterranean waters, and pledged to prevent international companies from producing oil or gas in what it considers to be its own continental shelf.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said its warning was in response to reports that Greek Cypriots signed an agreement with Total SA and Eni SpA for a hydrocarbon exploration in Block 7, an area off Cyprus’s southern coast.