The Cyprus presidency confirms the practice of Turkish piracy

Nicosia-Sana

Cyprus confirmed today that the Turkish regime practices piracy and insists on violating international legitimacy by announcing new plans for oil and gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean, especially in the Cyprus territorial waters.

The European Union earlier today renewed its warning to the Turkish regime against any illegal activities to explore for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean, especially Cypriot waters.

The Cyprus Presidency said in a statement carried by the Cyprus News Agency that Turkey has turned into a country practicing piracy in the eastern Mediterranean and insists on taking the path of violating the international legitimacy it has chosen and has repeatedly ignored the calls of the international community, especially the European Union's calls to end its illegal activities within the Cypriot waters.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, head of the Turkish regime, rejected repeated European Union warnings and announced in a provocative move his intention to conduct gas exploration at sea, which Cyprus protested, explaining that some of these exploration works fall within the exclusive economic zone of the island.