Erdogan says Turkey will defend Mediterranean rights, backs two-state solution for Cyprus

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said connected Friday that Turkey will support its rights to Mediterranean resources while maintaining Ankara’s telephone for a two-state λύση successful Cyprus.

“Turkey has nary designs connected anyone’s rights oregon sovereignty. However, it is determined to support its ain rights and interests,” Erdogan said.

“Our attack to resources successful the Mediterranean is clear. We take our stock and work together with our neighbors connected a win-win principle,” helium said.

Referring to associated naval drills with Egypt, held for the archetypal clip successful 13 years, Erdogan described them arsenic a tangible objection of Turkey’s relation successful “regional bid and security.”

“Turkey’s determined stance is causing calculations successful the portion to beryllium remade,” helium said. “Turkey is present a powerfulness that has a accidental astatine the table, is simply a decision-maker and provides direction.”

He claimed that the bid achieved betwixt conflicting parties successful Libya done Turkish mediation “has go a source of anticipation not lone for the Libyan radical but for the full region.”

Turning to Cyprus, which remains split pursuing a Turkish penetration successful 1974, Erdogan reiterated Ankara’s telephone for a two-state λύση successful violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

“The federation publication is present closed for us. No 1 tin resistance us backmost into federation discussions with word games,” helium said. “The lone realistic λύση is the acceptance of the beingness of two abstracted states connected the island.”