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15 October, 2018Erhürman: “We will continue to work insistently and persistently”
15 October, 2018Minister of Economy and Energy Özdil Nami said that he had called his counterparts on the Greek Cypriot side many times to make cooperation on the issue of energy but he never received a positive answer to his calls.
Answering the questions of a TAK correspondent regarding the economy and agenda, Minister Nami said that there are very important developments around the island of Cyprus which can affect the future of the country, and the issue of natural gas takes first place. Stressing that as the Ministry of Economy and Energy, they have been following the issue closely with their collocutors in Turkey, Nami said “We made calls to our contacts on the Greek Cypriot side on the issue of both electricity and natural gas. Unfortunately, we have not had any positive answer up to now. The Greek Cypriot side preferred to take steps unilaterally so the Turkish Cypriot side had to take their own steps. The Greek Cypriot side has made agreements with American, French and Italian companies so we, as the Turkish Cypriot side, took the same step with Turkey”.
Noting that there should be no doubts that they will continue to protect the rights and interests of the Turkish Cypriot people on the issue, Nami said that the necessary steps have been taken in cooperation with Turkey and will continue to be taken.