Daily Sabah: Greek Cyprus signals energy cooperation following solution

In an interview with Daily Sabah, Greek Cypriot government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said the Greek Cypriot administration was left with no choice but to suspend its participation in talks.

"Hydrocarbon work did not begin anew on the island. However, this is the first time Turkey has used Navtex [to track Greek Cypriot ships]. So that is where drillings of natural gas exploration has been announced in the area. This was a first for Turkey. Due to this attitude by Turkey, we have suspended negotiations," Christodoulides said.

Christodoulides echoed Greek Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiadis' sentiments that when this issue is solved, the entire islander will benefit from this project and added that after a solution is found both sides can cooperate on energy field projects.
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