Presentation by Ambassador Tasos Tzionis, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to Ambassadors of EU Member States accredited to Cyprus, regarding recent developments in the continental shelf/EEZ of the Republic of Cyprus (31.5.2019) - REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS

Cyprus sends UN its EEZ coordinates over Turkey drilling - KATHIMERINI

06.MAY.2019 : 13:25

Cypriot authorities have submitted to the United Nations the coordinates delineating the boundaries of Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the continental shelf in the wake of Turkey's decision to start drilling within Cyprus' EEZ.

Cypriot Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Saturday that President Nicos Anastasiades will be convening the National Council to discuss the latest Turkish actions off Cyprus.

The coordinates would also be published in the government gazette, he said.

Christodoulides added that Nicosia is in contact with European Union member states concerning Turkey’s illegal actions and discussions are under way about preparing countermeasures.

Meanwhile Cypriot authorities have launched procedures to have an international arrest warrant issued for the crew of Turkey's Fatih drillship off Cyprus.

Foreign Minister says Cyprus monitoring Turkish vessel in cooperation with other states - CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY

06/MAY/2019 13:16 CYPRUS/Nicosia 

Athena Arsalidou

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday that the Republic of Cyprus is monitoring the moves of Turkish vessel “Fatih” (Conqueror) in cooperation with other states, and announced that President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades will be convening the National Council on Saturday.

Christodoulides also said that he informed the Council of Ministers that on May 4 the geographical coordinates of the exclusive economic zone and the shelf, on the basis of the mean line between the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey, were submitted to the UN Secretary General.

He added that on Monday a meeting will be taking place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a follow up of the meetings in the presence of the Attorney General, the Minister of Defence, the Minister of Energy, the Minister of Justice and Public Order, and the Deputy Minister for Shipping.

Cyprus urges Turkey to cooperate on energy, but peace first - THE WASHINGTON POST /ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Anastasiades, Republic of Cyprus

November 2, 2018
Menelaos Hadjicostis 

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus is ready to work with Turkey on exploiting the east Mediterranean’s potential oil and gas wealth, as long as the ethnically split island nation is reunified, the country’s president said Friday.

Big gas reserves have been found around Cyprus and the country, which is a member of the European Union, is already working with Egypt and Israel. Turkey says it’s entitled to its share of any potential gas reserves and has launched a search of its own. But Nicos Anastasiades insisted that the prerequisite for joining this regional energy cooperation will have to be the reunification of Cyprus, which has been split since 1974

Note: Formerly a 90% Christian area, the occupied northern part of Cyprus now comprises 100% of illegal Muslim Turkish settlers and the Turkish Cypriot minority; the colonization continues unabated.

“We continue to upgrade our energy cooperation with countries in the eastern Mediterranean and in Europe and certainly, I underscore this, with Turkey in the event of a Cyprus settlement,” Anastasiades told a conference Friday.