{"id":164,"date":"2016-03-04T08:31:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T08:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euromenaenergy.com\/?p=164"},"modified":"2016-03-04T08:31:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T08:31:53","slug":"cyprus-building-relations-for-regional-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus building relations for regional stability"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The government\u2019s main objective was the development of the island\u2019s hydrocarbon resources to benefit all Cypriots and future generations, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday, and its policy was to build relations that led to regional stability and peace.<\/p>\n

Addressing the 7th Mediterranean Oil and Gas Forum in Nicosia, the president said Cyprus\u2019 policy has traditionally been based on regional cooperation and the establishment of good and long lasting relationships with all of our neighbours.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter all, economic partnerships enhance political partnerships,\u201d he said. \u201cCooperation in the hydrocarbons sector can feed into the political relations between countries in the region, building the foundations for regional stability and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

The need for energy partnerships, he said, can ease tensions, freeze, and even put an end to political conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason for this is simple: countries will need to maintain open channels of communication at the political level, in order to be able to successfully cooperate in the energy sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anastasiades said regional cooperation was of paramount importance, as he noted the significance of the three high-level meetings held between Cyprus, Egypt and Greece.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe overall volatile situation in the area, conflicts with regards to the delimitation of maritime zones, the instability in Syria and the continuation of traditional animosities, are just some of the issues that create uncertainties in our efforts to develop the region\u2019s hydrocarbons wealth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cyprus has its own problems with Turkey, which occupies the northern part of the island.<\/p>\n

Turkey disputes the Republic\u2019s right to explore for hydrocarbons, claiming that Turkish Cypriots should also have a say. It has repeatedly tried to disrupt the Republic\u2019s exploration programme.<\/p>\n

Anastasiades had said in the past that the Cyprus problem needed to be solved first before Turkish Cypriots could get involved.<\/p>\n

But he has also said that the island\u2019s natural resources belonged to all Cypriots.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur main objective is the optimal and sustainable development of the island\u2019s hydrocarbon resources that will benefit all Cypriots and future generations,\u201d he said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

What was urgently required in most cases, he said, was to build trust and \u201cthis essentially translates to all parties respecting international law, as well as the sovereignty and the sovereign rights of neighbouring countries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government\u2019s main objective was the development of the island\u2019s hydrocarbon resources to benefit all Cypriots and future generations, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday, and its policy was to build relations…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}