... to remember that gas reserves in the Mediterranean shelf discovered in the XXI century total
over 3.8 trillion
cubic meters. The key fields are Zohr off the coast of Egypt, Tamar and Leviathan off the coast of Israel, and Aphrodite off the coast of Cyprus, etc. Additionally, the so- called Block 9 is in a part of the field disputed by Lebanon. We can suppose there are large gas reserves off the Syrian coast, as well. By 2020, development had already been launched on several fields but, on the whole,...
... to divide the population — and Greece and Turkey — to make it easier to hang on to the island [
9
].
Apart from secretly colluding with the Turkish Government and helping it with its propaganda, Britain’s objective was to give Turkey a stake in Cyprus, even though the Treaty of Lausanne expressly forbade this. According to Article 16, the new Republic of Turkey was to have no rights in territories under the former jurisdiction of the Ottomans. Britain nevertheless brought Turkey into the Cyprus question, with disastrous consequences....
... drilling operations or any individual or company associated with them. Second, they will freeze the financial assets of individuals and companies involved in drilling.
The EU imposed sanctions on Turkey’s drilling projects because of the Northern Cyprus issue. This perpetual issue has resulted in a dispute on the use of the shelf-based resource extraction. At present, Cyprus and Turkey are stepping up their struggle for the resources in this shelf area that is estimated to have large gas deposits....
