Turkey urges deal with Greek Cypriots over 'their' hydrocarbon deposits.

Turkey urges deal with Greek Cypriots over 'their' hydrocarbon deposits.(Famagusta).

Turkey calls for an agreement with Greek Cypriots on exploiting hydrocarbon deposits in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said late on Friday during his two-day visit to Greece.

"We will continue with the bilateral talks, we need to go deeper and find a solution. We don't want tension, neither in the Aegean Sea nor in the eastern Mediterranean Sea," Davutoglu said.

"Let's solve this issue, in order to exploit our energy resources and connect possible natural gas resources with Greece through Turkey," he said.

In October, issue of exploiting hydrocarbon deposits led to a breakdown of peace talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

Turkey sent a research vessel and escort ships to carry out seismic survey for oil and gas reserves in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus.

Cyprus said this move came in violation of the republic’s sovereignty and insisted that it would not resume talks until Ankara removed its vessels from Cyprus` exclusive economic zone. Hmmm.....Turkish policy...'what's yours is mine'.

Turkey unlikely to agree to Russia’s new gas pipeline deal - Matthew Bryza.

Turkey unlikely to agree to Russia’s new gas pipeline deal - Matthew Bryza. (Taz).

Turkey will unlikely to agree to Russia’s new gas pipeline deal that would allow Russia to establish control over such a gas trading hub, former US ambassador to Azerbaijan, Director of the International Centre for Defense Studies in Tallinn, Matthew Bryza told Trend.

“Ankara does not wish to be dependent on Russia and is likely to demand a higher price discount and greater volumes of natural gas imports than Russia is willing to offer,” Bryza said.

Turkey has already received a 6-percent discount on gas from Russia, which will be implemented from Jan. 1, 2015. However, Ankara hopes the discount to reach 15 percent.

Bryza believes that Russia will try to reach an arrangement with Turkey that allows Russia some degree of control over natural gas exports from TANAP into Greece.

“But, I also believe that neither Turkey nor the EU will permit Russia to attain such control,” Bryza said. Hmmm....Two 'Dictators' trying to control Europe's Gas flow.Read the full story here.

Russian Expert Warns of Trouble With 'Islamist' Turkey Becoming Dominant Gas Market Player.

Russian Expert Warns of Trouble With 'Islamist' Turkey Becoming Dominant Gas Market Player. (SP).

On Thursday, Russia reiterated its final decision to reject the South Stream project. Moscow is committed to diverting the gas flow to Turkey.


Turkey might eventually get control of gas flows coming from Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, and probably Iraq.

However, George Hatziioannou, a retired diplomat and the current editor-in-chief of the website Energy International Risk Assessment (Eiranews.com), believes that Ankara won’t be an easy partner.

“It will turn the country overnight into an almost-dominant market player in regional energy affairs,” he told Sputnik. “In my humble opinion, this model of operations might be a bit tricky and risky. There is a fair chance that at a certain point, Ankara might try to ‘do a Ukraine’”. Hmmm.....I would trust Russia anytime above Turkey, Good luck to 'Eurabia' with their new Gas provider. Read the full story here.

No Meeting on Gas Between Russia, Turkey, Serbia, Bulgaria in near future.

No Meeting on Gas Between Russia, Turkey, Serbia, Bulgaria in near future. (SP).

The speculated meeting on natural gas issues between Russia, Turkey, Serbia and Bulgaria is not yet planned, according to a Russian federal official.

Previously, Serbia’s president Tomislav Nikolić stated Beograd intended to hold negotiations with its European and Russian partners in order to clarify the situation around the abandonment of the ‘South Stream’ project pipeline. An official representative of Turkey also mentioned the anticipated meeting.

Russia’s Ministry of Energy did not comment on the situation around the speculated multilateral talks.

“There is no information yet on any meetings to discuss gas issues with Turkey in the nearest future,” the official told RIA Novosti.

Earlier today, Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız said discounts on Russian gas shipments will be further negotiated, having expressed hopes that Russian-Turkish talks resume the next week. Hmmm.....Turkey lying? Nope Muslims don't lie. G20 will be lead exemplary by 'Islamist' Turkey.  

"Yes We Can" - Energy Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel to meet EU Energy Union Commissioner.

"Yes We Can" - Energy Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel to meet EU Energy Union Commissioner. (CM).

Energy Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel will meet next Monday with EU Commissioner on Energy Union Maros Sefcovic to promote a joint project on a pipeline to transfer natural gas from the Eastern Mediterranean offshore fields to Europe.

Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis told the Cyprus News Agency that the three Ministers had signed a letter requesting a meeting with Sefcovic. The three Ministers will promote a planned pipeline connecting Israel Cyprus, Greece with Europe in view of the new call by the European Commission for projects of common interest in the first quarter of 2015.

Sources told CNA that the ministers would request the approval of the project which emerged after a merger of two separate projects (Cyprus Trans Med pipeline and Greece`s East Med pipeline) to be implemented by the Greek Gas Corporation (DEPA as a project of common interest (PCI) that will give access to EU funding for technical and feasibility studies.

Projects that will be considered as PCI’s will be entitled to request funding from the Connecting Europe Facility with a budget of €5.85 billion. The same sources made clear that only new reserves would be channeled through the pipeline, as Cyprus is in consultations with Egypt for a possible sale of the Aphrodite reservoir (estimated at 4.5 trillion cubic feet) located in block 12 of Cyprus` EEZ. Egyptian Minister Serif Ismail said during a Cyprus, Greece and Egypt Energy Ministers meeting that his country could absorb Cyprus` natural gas reserves.

Italy`s ENI is carrying out an exploratory drilling in block 9 with the results expected by January the latest. ENI also has been granted concessions for exploratory drilling in blocs 2 and 3. French TOTAL which has concessions over blocks 10 and 11 will begin exploratory drilling in the second half of 2015. Hmmmm.....Europe won't help them , 
1.they will need Turkey to channel gas from Iran towards Europe once Russia turns the gas stream towards Turkey.

2. Considering the hostility from Europe towards the state of Israel, and Turkey chairing the G20  it's a no-brainer they won't oppose Turkey. 

 Turkey even told the EU to stick their resolution against Turkey where the Sun doesn't shine.

'Neo Ottoman Conqueror' Turkey will defend 'Occupier' rights in Mediterranean.

'Neo Ottoman Conqueror' Turkey will defend 'Occupier' rights in Mediterranean.(Taz).

Turkey will defend its rights in the eastern Mediterranean, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, Anadolu Agency reported.

"The Eastern Mediterranean Sea cannot be closed to Turkey or Turkish Cypriots. We will not hesitate to defend our rights in the restricted economic zone of the sea and Cyprus island," he said.

On the occasion of a visit from the Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Ozkan Yorgancioglu, Davutoglu called for the resumption of settlement talks in Cyprus.

"Our call is clear: Intense negotiations that will lead to a solution, and immediate peace," he said.

As an alternative option before a permanent settlement on the island is reached, Davutoglu proposed the establishment of a joint committee to share out the island's natural resources so as to promote peace on the island.

The Greek-Cypriot administration suspended the most recent talks with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus over the island's future on Oct. 7 after Turkey sent an oil and gas research vessel on a mission off the Cyprus coast.

The move to send a research vessel, with two navy ships, was intended to show that Turkey objected to the Greek Cypriot administration's plans to unilaterally exploit hydrocarbon resources off the island. Both Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus have called for a fair division of such resources between both sides.

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was also not included in a meeting of Egypt, Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration in Cairo last week, in which a natural gas strategy for the EasternMediterranean region was discussed. A statement after the three-way meeting called on Turkey to "cease its operations within the maritime boundaries of Cyprus."

Davutoglu said that the resources on Cyprus belong to all people of the island, so one side does not have the right to monopolize the energy resources off the island's coast.

For his part, Premier Yorgancioglu called on the Greek Cypriot side to put an end to their "escape from the negotiating table." Hmmm.....'Bully' Turkey thinks because they will chair the G20, they can claim all energy resources as theirs, even telling the EU to stick their resolution against Turkey where the Sun doesn't shine.

Turkey’s EU Minister Volkan Bozkır said on Nov. 13 that Ankara will “not accept” the European Parliament’s decision on the resolution. 

“It has no validity for us,” said EU Minister Volkan Bozkır, in reference to the draft resolution, during a meeting with Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade in Ankara.