{"id":597042,"date":"2019-07-15T04:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T04:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/07\/15\/turkey-to-continue-drilling-for-gas-off-cyprus-until-greek-cypriots-accept-turkish-cypriot-cooperation-proposal\/"},"modified":"2019-07-15T04:18:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T04:18:59","slug":"turkey-to-continue-drilling-for-gas-off-cyprus-until-greek-cypriots-accept-turkish-cypriot-cooperation-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/07\/15\/turkey-to-continue-drilling-for-gas-off-cyprus-until-greek-cypriots-accept-turkish-cypriot-cooperation-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey to continue drilling for gas off Cyprus until Greek Cypriots accept Turkish-Cypriot cooperation proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-05\"><\/a> <b>Eastern Mediterranean drama over gas exploration continues:<\/b> Turkey will continue its gas drilling in waters off Cyprus until the Greek Cypriots accept a cooperation proposal from Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-cyprus-turkey\/turkey-will-drill-for-gas-until-greek-cypriots-accept-plan-minister-idUSKCN1U909C\">quoted as saying<\/a>. Turkish Cypriots had proposed that the two sides work together to explore gas, arguing cooperation would help calm tensions in the region. Turkey began drilling off western Cyprus <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/05\/05\/turkey-announces-natgas-drilling-off-cyprus-egypt-eu-caution-drillers\/\">in May<\/a>, and sent a second drilling ship into Cypriot waters last week. The EU is threatening to restrict funding and contracts to Turkey in response to the drilling, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-cyprus-turkey-eu\/eu-signals-sanctions-on-turkey-over-cyprus-drilling-draft-idUSKCN1U610J\">a draft statement seen by Reuters<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p><b>Why do we care? <\/b>Turkey, Cyprus and Greece aren\u2019t the only players caught up in the great EastMed gas game. Egypt signed an agreement with Cyprus to build a natural gas pipeline <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/07\/07\/el-sisi-ratifies-egypt-cyprus-pipeline-agreement\/\">last year<\/a>. The pipeline will allow natural gas from the Aphrodite gas field to be transported to Egypt\u2019s liquefaction facilities at Idku and Damietta, and re-exported as liquefied natural gas. The Foreign Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/07\/10\/what-were-tracking-on-10-july-2019\/\">issued a statement last<\/a> week expressing concern about Turkey\u2019s plans to explore for gas in Cypriot waters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mediterranean drama over gas exploration continues: Turkey will continue its gas drilling in waters off Cyprus until the Greek Cypriots accept a cooperation proposal from Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has been quoted as saying. 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