Turkish Cypriots have rights to natural gas in the Mediterranean - Turkish Minister

Turkey say it would protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots saying that Turkish Cypriots also have right to the natural resources in and around the island of Cyprus.

According to a statement by Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to TRT News in Kuwait on Tuesday, who claimed that the Greek Cypriot side is not ready for a solution, the Turkish Cypriot people have a right to the natural gas reserves around Cyprus.

If you do not want to share it, then we protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots, Turkey and the TRNC," he said.

Çavuşoğlu noted that they wanted to maintain friendship and good neighborly relations with Greece and that they should act in common with this.