Müftüoğlu: “Groundless allegations” concerning Turkey’s rights and interests in hydrocarbon exploration “completely unreal”

The Spokesperson of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Hüseyin Müftüoğlu made a statement about the groundless allegations made against the TRNC by the Greek Cypriot side concerning the exploration of natural resources.

He said, “The article concerning the Greek Cypriot Administration’s unilateral pursuit of hydrocarbon-related activities in disregard of the inalienable rights on natural resources of the Turkish Cypriot people, published in the GCA’s “Cyprus Mail” newspaper, contained groundless allegations which could be taken to imply that Turkey might have relinquished some of its rights and interests. The faulty assessments in the Turkish media based on these allegations are an exercise in futility”.