The United States and Qatar have pledged not to enter the "continental shelf" of Turkey, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu, referring to the ExxonMobil-Qatar Energy consortium's investigations after their licensing in block 5 of the Cypriot AO.
In his speech during the budget debate in the Turkish National Assembly, the Turkish Foreign Minister said that "regarding the agreement signed by Qatar and Exxon, no one can enter our continental shelf without our permission, regardless of who he is." . "In addition, no one can enter the areas licensed by the TRNC without our permission. Therefore, in this Part 5 agreement, both countries - the United States and Qatar - have pledged not to join our continental shelf. The TDBK and the T / C also have rights to all the wealth around Cyprus. "That is why we say that we will continue our work for the Turkish Cypriot people in the areas licensed by the TRNC until there is a fair distribution," said the Turkish Minister.
"I did not retreat to Crans Montana" On the Cyprus issue, Mevlüt Tsavousoglu said that a solution in Cyprus can only be possible by recognizing the existence of the "tdbk", as referred to by the pseudo-state. He added that "Turkey and the TRNC continue to do what is necessary in the field and at the table to protect their legal rights and interests in the Eastern Mediterranean." "This year, Greece and the Greek Cypriots tried six times to send research ships with a third country flag to our continental shelf and each time we prevented them thanks to our contact with the competent countries and the presence of the armed forces in the field of action. "As we have said before, we are ready for everything," said the Turkish Minister.
Arguing that a solution in Cyprus will be possible only by recognizing the existence of the pseudo-state and the guaranteed rights of the Turkish Cypriots, Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu said that "we do not need to make useless efforts by repeating the tried and tested formulas" and that "sovereign equality and the equal international status of the Turkish people must be recognized before a new negotiation can begin ”.
He told Crans Montana that he had made no concessions on the issue of guarantees and the military. "When I first arrived in Crans Montana I said that not even in their dreams would they hope for zero guarantees and zero army. I even said that 'if someone has such dreams, let him wake up'. "We say the same today," said the Turkish foreign minister, while responding to an opposition lawmaker about his retreat to Crans Montana, the Turkish minister said that Tsavousoglu had never compromised on guarantees and security. You say I made concessions. "Unfortunately, I will agree with the Greek side on this issue." .
"The ECtHR decisions apply only to Turkey," the Turkish minister asked, arguing that the ECtHR decisions are not implemented by Greece, France, Norway, Germany and the United Kingdom. "Why is the decision of the Court of Human Rights not being implemented by all these countries, because the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe is targeting only Turkey? This is our objection. "There are two meters and two weights here", said Mevlut Tsavousoglou.
