Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-27-Speech-2-716-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-09-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Tensions between Turkey and the Republic of Cyprus (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110927.33.2-716-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-09-27-Speech-2-717-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Ria Oomen-ruijten2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-22--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, up till now, the Commission has assessed the tensions and the potential conflict between Turkey and Cyprus as a bilateral conflict. I disagree. The conflict is between an EU Member State and a country that has been accepted as a candidate for the EU club. Therefore, the Commission must not be silent. The planned exploration is in Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone. This extends to the south of the island and in no way limits exploitation in the northern part or the rights of Turkey. For me, it is crystal clear that these rights follow from the UNCLOS Treaty, where economic zones are described, followed by bilateral agreements. The fact that Turkey did not sign UNCLOS does not mean that it rejects it. In the 1980s, Turkey declared an exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea and reached an agreement with Romania, Bulgaria and the former Soviet Union. It used the same median line method then. I therefore urge Turkey to refrain from all threats. I also have a question for the government of Cyprus. I would ask it to give an assurance that the move towards the exploration and possible exploitation of natural gas and oil reserves in the exclusive economic zone will not in any way impinge on the possibility of an agreement between the two Cypriot communities on reunification, and that this will be to the benefit of both communities. I think that this should be done – or could be done – for instance, by pledging to earmark reserves, or part of the future revenue, for the benefit of the whole Cypriot community once reunification is achieved, and also by pledging to provide electricity, generated by natural gas, to northern Cyprus."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ria Oomen-Ruijten (PPE )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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