"Turkey complains to UN over Greek Cyprus oil bid
Ankara has stepped up its efforts toward the international community as the deadline for offshore oil and gas exploration licensing in the waters around divided Cyprus, launched by the Greek Cypriot administration on behalf of the whole island, rapidly approaches.
Ambassador Baki İlkin
Turkey’s permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Baki İlkin, sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last Thursday, diplomatic sources told Today’s Zaman on yesterday. “Ambassador İlkin drew Mr. Secretary-General’s attention to the fact that the Greek Cypriot administration claims to be representing the entire island through it’s insistence on moving ahead with this tender, despite all warnings by the Turkish Cypriot side as well as from Ankara,” diplomatic sources, speaking under condition of anonymity, said."
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