Turkey to start explorations in the Mediterranean next week
Erdogan stated that Turkey is possible to begin explorations in the Mediterranean next week
Ankara Anatolia news agency (19.09.11) reported from Ankara that the Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey has taken a step with the “TRNC” and that the two “countries” would begin activities in an exclusive economic region soon.
Erdogan answered questions of the press corps prior to his departure from Ankara’s Esenboga International Airport for New York, U.S. where he will participate in the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Asked about what he thought on Greek Cypriot efforts for exploration of oil and natural gas in Eastern Mediterranean, Erdogan said that Turkey would begin exploration of oil and natural gas with the “TRNC” soon, possibly within this week. “The exclusive economic zone as announced by the Greek Cypriots is disputable”, Erdogan said adding that Turkey is a regional and global actor in this transformation process.
Prior to his departure, Premier Erdogan told reporters that the UN meeting would be held during a period of time when Turkey is dealing with several foreign political matters and when the international community is facing several problems.
Many important issues concerning Turkey and the world would be brought up in this year’s General Assembly meeting, he said. Palestine’s initiative to obtain full membership in the UN was one of the important issues to be discussed in the UN meeting, he said.
Erdogan said he would hold talks with US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during his visit and added: “If promises were kept at the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly, a (positive) result could be achieved for Palestine that resembles the structure of the Vatican”.
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