Πηγή: defencegreece
By famagusta-gazette.com
Oct 7 2011
According to a report in Phileleftheros the Israeli Air Force has now ramped up patrols near the exploration zones, with “intensive activity south of Cyprus yesterday.”
Meanwhile the Turkish side announced that it will make more moves in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The paper reports that over the last 24-hours: “the Israelis have dominated the area and monitored all movement near the Cyprus platform”.
Next week the Turkish vessel Piri Reis, which is currently in Famagusta port, is expected to be reactivated, while a Norwegian research ship which has been leased by Turkey is moving south between Paphos and Limassol.
Yesterday Turkey’s Energy Minister Yildiz said that the exploration conducted by Piri Reis was a reaction to the activities of the Greek Cypriot side and also aimed at putting into effect the continental shelf agreement signed by Turkey and the “TRNC”.
Turkey has promised to begin offshore oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean within a fortnight.
The United Nations and the European Union have asked Turkey and Cyprus to show restraint in the dispute and reach a settlement as soon as possible.
The Cyprus government signed a production-sharing contract with U.S.-based Noble Energy to launch exploration activities in an 324,000-hectare economic zone southeast of the island which borders Israeli waters and where massive gas fields were found under the seabed.
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