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Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud expressed full support for the Greek Cypriot administration amid ongoing tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean following a meeting with Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday.
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2236 Views | the publication reaches you by | Saudi Arabia Today“Saudi Arabia carefully follows ongoing developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, as it expresses concerns about security and stability in the region while it emphasizes full support to the Greek Cypriot administration for its sovereignty over Cyprus.”
Turkey, as a guarantor nation for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is currently carrying out hydrocarbon exploration activities in the Eastern Mediterranean with two drilling vessels, Fatih and Yavuz, along with the Oruç Reis and Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa seismic vessels in the same region.
Turkey has consistently objected to the Greek Cypriot administration’s unilateral drilling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean, asserting that the TRNC also has rights to resources in the area.
The island of Cyprus has been divided into a Turkish Cypriot government in the northern third and Greek Cypriot administration in the south since a 1974 military coup aimed at Cyprus’ annexation by Greece.
Turkey’s intervention as a guarantor power in 1974 stopped yearslong persecution and violence against Turkish Cypriots by ultranationalist Greek Cypriots. The TRNC was founded in 1983.
The relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia took a major blow after the killing of dissident Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.
While the kingdom initially denied involvement in the murder and tried to accuse Turkey of not being safe for its citizens, Ankara pursued – and has been pursuing – a determined stance in the case and eventually forced the kingdom to admit to the crime. This revelation caused major international backlash toward Saudi Arabia, especially Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom the CIA mentioned as the mastermind of the murder.
Saudi Arabia has been carrying out a defamation campaign against Turkey, urging its citizens to avoid traveling to the country, watching its television shows or carrying out any business activities with Turkish citizens.
The kingdom also opposed Turkey’s decision to deploy troops in Libya and has been trying to defame Turkey by creating propaganda on social media.
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