ISTANBUL, July 13 (Reuters)– Turkey has actually sent out 2 ships and also a submarine to keep an eye on a boring vessel in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the armed force claimed on Thursday, in a relocation likely to boost stress with Cyprus after reunification talks stopped working recently.

The exploration job, a legal responsibility in between Cyprus and also France’s Total, comes a week after the collapse of speak to reunify the divided island country, split in between ethnic Greek and also Turkish Cypriots.

Ankara has claimed it will certainly take actions versus Cyprus for taking part in gas and also oil expedition around the island. It states that hydrocarbon sources in the waters around the divided island must come from both sides.

The armed force claimed it had actually released the frigates and also a submarine to the eastern Mediterranean to “guarantee the security of oil transportation.”

Another frigate was sent off to keep an eye on a boring vessel off the coastline of Cyprus, it claimed.

Turkey’s power and also international ministries are collaborating to intend actions versus the Greek side’s independent actions, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu claimed on Thursday, without providing information on what those actions may involve.

The “West Capella” exploration vessel, which was gotten by France’s Total and also Italy Eni, relocated right into setting to begin checking out for gas today.

Turkey, which got into Cyprus’s north in 1974 in action to a short Greek- motivated successful stroke, states the island’s worldwide acknowledged federal government has no territory to check out for hydrocarbons. (Reporting by Daren Butler and also Ece Toksabay; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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