Turkey to send second drilling ship off Cyprus

Ankara is continuing with its strategy of fueling tension in the Eastern Mediterranean, announcing its intention to send a second drill ship off Cyprus, while Turkish jets violated Greek airspace in the Aegean on Monday.

The announcement by Berat Albayrak - Turkey's finance minister and son-in-law to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - that Ankara will be sending the drill ship Yavuz to join the Fatih off the coast of Cyprus, came on Sunday just before on Monday's launch by Turkey of its annual Sea Wolf military exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Sea.

The European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, on Monday expressed "great concern" over Turkey's plans to drill off Cyprus. "We call urgently on Turkey to show restraint, respect the sovereign rights of Cyprus in its exclusive economic zone and refrain from any such illegal...

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