Foreign Minister has got it all wrong

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/03/02/foreign-minister-has-got-it-all-wrong/

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...in such endeavors, first to market plays an important role. Cyprus was not wrong to appreciate UNLOS, and along with her neighbours settle these questions of territory based on its Principals and guidelines.

...indeed, Turkey was far behind at the time. Yet you may recall that Turkey's efforts at meddling and threats ended with the only choice left to her, to buy ships such as these and man them herself.

...and in this narrative do not forget the Treaty of Lausanne, "tossed out the window", and now the Treaty of Sevres "cornered", so says Erdogan.

Is it supremacy of the sea that he is after? Never mind Cyprus, the Aegean, and the "border" with Libya, there are lots of other problems from his disruptions, too.

It seems to me that in this region of acrimony and mistrust, the East Med. Gas Forum is a ray of sunshine. Who would imagine Palestinians, Israelis, Egyptians, Jordanians, Cypriots, and Greeks, only a few years ago, sitting as equals, on any venture?

"Turkishess" divides Cyprus. "Turkishness" is dividing Turkey. Unity in Cyprus is the biggest threat to this notion, if Turkish Cypriots exist as a Constituency, as Cypriots; mindful of their own responsibilities as a majority toward the minorities that live among them: not "Cypriot Turks", they provide Hope to the Turks not "Turks" in Turkey.

A moratorium, linking oil/gas exploration to the Problem, only reinforces Erdogan's position in defining "us"; that which is not "Turkish".