Turkey criticizes Israel, Greece and Cyprus gas agreement

Turkey on Thursday criticized the signing of the agreement between Greece, Cyprus and Israel for a huge pipeline project to ship gas from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe.

“The signature of the agreement on the EastMed natural gas pipeline project is the latest instance of futile steps, aiming to exclude Turkey and TRNC in the region. Any project disregarding Turkey, who has the longest coastline in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Turkish Cypriots, who have equal rights over the natural resources of the Island of Cyprus, cannot succeed. We bring this fact once more to the attention of the international community,” said Hami Aksoy, a spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry.