Turkey search for gas fields, Egypt, UAE and France join Greece in military joint exercices.
Turkey has extended its search for gas fields in the MediterraneanIn addition to the research of his seismic exploration vessel of the seabed under the protection of warships, he announced the dispatch of a drilling vessel to southwest Cyprus. These operations should last until September 15. Despite appeals from the European Union, the anger of Greece and the strengthening of the French military presence in the region, the warships in joint exercise with the Greek navy, the deployment of French Rafales in Cyprus and Egyptian and Emirati F16 fighters in Crete, Turkey warns anyone who dares to venture into its search areas. In the eastern Mediterranean, there are many competing interests, Turkey wishes to establish a corridor between the southwest of Turkey and the northeast of Libya to considerably extend its area of influence.In southern Cyprus there is a distribution of areas for exploration and exploitation of oil and gas deposits.
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