Cyprus, Greece & Egypt demanded that Turkey "end its provocative actions" branding the nation's oil explorations a "breach of international law"
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The Mavi Vatan doctrine was first laid out in June 2006 by Admiral Ramazan Cem Gürdeniz during a symposium at the Turkish Naval Forces Command Centre
New diplomatic initiatives as the Turkish provocations escalate
The agreement “does not only threaten the Libyan national security but also threatens the Arab national security and peace in the Mediterranean Sea”
The dispute pits Turkey against several eastern Mediterranean states that have agreed maritime & economic zones with Greece & Cyprus
Erdogan: "Turkey is not one of those countries you have come to know until now"
Turkey has consistently defied warnings of sanctions by the EU
Last July the EU responding to the illegal Turkish drillings cut funding to Turkey while frozen several negotiations
The US publicly condemned the Turkish drillings as provocative and undermining the confidence it should have in the Cyprus negotiations
The natural gas from the "Aphrodite" gas field will be transferred by an underwater pipeline to Egypt, from where it will be exported as LNG