CLOSE
Loading...
12° Nicosia,
05 August, 2025
 
Home  /  News

Eastern Mediterranean faces 'security threat' from Cyprus

Erdogan claims that Cyprus energy search will destabilise region

Source: Reuters

The eastern Mediterranean region will face a sustained security threat if Cyprus continues unilateral operations there, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.

Erdogan, on an official visit to Britain, made the comment in a speech at the Chatham House think tank in London.

Turkey and Cyprus’s internationally recognised Greek Cypriot government have been locked in a public dispute over overlapping claims of jurisdiction for offshore oil and gas research.

TAGS
Erdogan  |  Turkey  |  Cyprus  |  energy  |  East Med

News: Latest Articles

Colin Stewart, the Canadian diplomat and veteran peacekeeper who’s led the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus for the last four years, is stepping down next week.

A farewell from the fault line

In his final interview, UN envoy Colin Stewart reflects on Cyprus’s deepening divide, and the fading chance for peace.
Shemaine Bushnell Kyriakides
 |  NEWS
X