... fact that the situation could get out of hand, the U.S. have therefore been prompted to recognise, at least at expert level, the need to work on technical deconfliction measures in this part of the world. This requires finding a way to untangle the Cyprus, Libya and Syria questions.
Artyom Semyonov:
Gas Without a Fight: Is Turkey Ready to Go to War for Resources in the Mediterranean?
As for Russia’s policy in the Eastern Mediterranean, we should recall Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov visited Damascus and Cyprus in 2020. Mr. Lavrov emphasised that ...
... GNA does not control all of Libya’s territory, which could put a question mark over the government’s legitimacy. On the other hand, the GNA enjoys international recognition, a fact that Turkey repeatedly stresses.
Another case is connected with gas deposits closer to the coasts of Cyprus. Turkey does not recognize Cyprus; it only recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (it is the only country to do so). Consequently, Ankara views exploring and developing gas deposits in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus as a violation of ...
... May 2016,
the Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan
said that Azerbaijan had received no serious proposals from these countries on joining the project.
Experts note that, from a purely economic point of view, the least expensive option is transit through Turkey (without connecting to the SGC) [
4
]. The arguments against this option will be discussed below.
REUTERS
Egypt and Cyprus signed a
framework agreement in late August
Today, it is difficult to predict the prices of Eastern Mediterranean gas, as it is not yet known what the production costs will be, what kind of infrastructure will be built and, most importantly, what the situation on the European gas market will look like by the time these questions have been resolved.
The Turkish Question
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