Cyprus House President Yiannakis Omirou said that the international and the European community must react to the official announcement in the official gazette of Turkey that areas spanning from Rhodes to the south west of Cyprus are given out for hydrocarbons studies and drilling. Maps published in the official gazette show that the permits stretch as far as he Greek island of Rhodes as well as plots 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 delineated by the Republic of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean.
Replying to a question, Omirou said that it is obvious that Turkey is trying to create a climate of tension and destabilization in the region, in the framework of a plan it has which includes provocations after the assumption of the EU rotating Presidency by the Republic of Cyprus, on July 1st, 2012, such as efforts for the recognition of the Turkish Cypriot puppet regime, the opening of the fenced off town of Famagusta under Turkish administration and efforts to promote direct trade between Cyprus' occupied areas and EU member states.
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