"Protest over Turkish warships
By Jean Christou
TURKISH warships forced two exploratory foreign-flagged vessels working for the government to withdraw back into Cyprus` territorial waters in an incident ten days ago, it emerged yesterday.
According to reports from New York yesterday President Demetris Christofias has sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to protest the Turkish actions 27 miles off the south coast and inside Cyprus exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The Cyprus News Agency report said that on November 13 two ships operating under a foreign flag were conducting an exploratory survey related to oil and gas when they were approached by a Turkish warship and told to cease operations and withdraw back to Cyprus` waters."
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