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Draft: EU Leaders Seriously Concerned at Cyprus, Turkey Tensions | Defense News | defensenews.com
Oct. 23, 2014 - 02:17PM |
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Oct. 23, 2014 - 02:17PM |
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders will call on Turkey to respect Cyprus's sovereign rights, expressing "serious concern" at fresh tensions between the two countries over oil and gas exploration, a draft summit document showed Thursday.
The statement, to be issued at an EU summit in Brussels, comes after Cyprus on Monday slammed Turkey for sending a survey vessel into an area where the Cypriot government had already licensed exploratory drilling for oil and gas.
"The European Council expressed serious concern about the renewed tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. It called on Turkey to respect Cyprus' sovereign rights," said the statement prepared for the 28 EU leaders meeting in Brussels and obtained by AFP.....