Cyprus to submit documents for EEZ to its north

This will not make Turkey happy: The Cypriot government is planning to submit coordinates regarding its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the sea to its north to the United Nations in the coming days, Cyprus Mail reports. Cyprus will also “try to engage in discussions with Turkey about the delineation of its EEZ, in that part of the sea.” The move is the result of Turkish plans to begin exploration drilling in the sea off Cyprus. Cyprus has signed “an agreement to delineate the EEZ with Egypt and Israel and embarked on exploration and exploitation activities for any possible natural gas and oil reserves. A similar agreement to delineate the EEZ was signed with Lebanon, but has not been ratified yet.”