A quiet US move in the Mediterranean may help put more pressure on Russia, but not everyone in NATO is happy about it
Source:Business Insider Date:18Oct2022
Explains why weapons embargo to Greek Cyprus was lifted. It is not a move against Turkey, but a way to monitor Russian money in Grepe Cyprus and expedite weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
US demands that Turkey should cease all activity in Cyprus waters
Source:Middle East Monitor Date:20Aug2019
The US State Department has called on the Turkish authorities to remove its drilling vessels from the territorial waters around Cyprus and to cease immediately any “unlawful activities”. The
Turkey to retaliate against Greek Cyprus’ plan to arrest its drilling personnel
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:11Jun2019
Congratulations, we have new conflict Turkey has protested over the Greek Cyprus’ decision to issue international arrest warrants for crew members of Turkish drilling vessel “Fatih” and
Cyprus will not consent to any upgrading of Turkey-EU customs agreement
Source:Cyprus Mail Date:23Feb2019
This is a major blow to Turkey-EU relations. Essentially, little upside left for Erdogan to be nice to EU anymore. CYPRUS will not give its consent for an upgrade of the EU–Turkey