据路透社伊斯坦布尔2月21日消息称，土耳其国有通讯社阿纳多卢报道称，土耳其外长Cavusoglu周四表示，土耳其将在未来几天开始在塞浦路斯附近开采石油和天然气，此举可能加剧土耳其与邻国塞浦路斯和希腊的紧张关系。

土耳其和国际公认的希族塞人政府对地中海东部的海上石油和天然气研究拥有重叠的管辖权，这个地区被认为天然气储量丰富。

报导引述Cavusoglu在土耳其西部艾丁省的一次商业会议上的讲话称：“未来几天，我们将开始在塞浦路斯附近用两艘船进行钻探。”

Cavusoglu说：“让那些远渡重洋来到这个地区的人，以及他们的伙伴们，看到没有我们，这个地区将一事无成。没有土耳其，地中海什么也做不了，我们不会允许这样做。”

土去年10月，土耳其第一艘钻井船“Fatih”号在土耳其南部安塔利亚省沿海进行钻井作业。其表示，它购买的第二艘船将在黑海作业，但后来转向塞浦路斯地区。

曹海斌 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Turkey set to begin oil and gas drilling off Cyprus

Turkey will begin drilling for oil and gas near Cyprus in coming days, state-owned news agency Anadolu reported Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu saying on Thursday, a move that could stoke tensions with neighbouring Cyprus and Greece.

Turkey and the internationally recognised Greek Cypriot government have overlapping claims of jurisdiction for offshore oil and gas research in the eastern Mediterranean, a region thought to be rich in natural gas.

“In the coming days we will start drilling with two ships around Cyprus,” Cavusoglu was quoted as saying in a speech to a business conference in western Turkey’s Aydin province.

“Let those who come to the region from far away, and their companies, see that nothing can be done in that region without us. Nothing at all can be done in the Mediterranean without Turkey, we will not allow that,” Cavusoglu said.

Turkey launched its first drillship “Fatih” in October to drill off the coast of Turkey’s southern Antalya province. It said a second ship that it purchased would operate in the Black Sea, but was diverted to the Cyprus area.