Turkey and the occupyied areas in Cyprus are reportedly going to sign an energy deal to construct an undersea electricity cable link between the two, sources told Anadolu Agency.
The project will send electricity from Turkey to the occupying areas via an undersea electricity cable.
The deal will be signed by Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak and the occupying regime’s so-called ‘Economy and Energy Minister’ Sunat Atun, on the sidelines of the 23rd World Energy Congress, Istanbul on Monday.
The details, including the route, the length and the cost of the project, will be discussed by a consortium of experts at the event.
Anadolu Agency reported that the framework agreement will help the occupying areas connect with European electricity systems.
“The [so-called] ‘KKTC’s’ [occupying regime] energy need grows day by day, and this project with Turkey will allow us to meet the electricity demand problem more flexibly,” stated Atun.
“In the forthcoming days, we will meet and work with the Turkish Energy Minister on a protocol to bring electricity to the ‘KKTC’ from Turkey via an undersea cable.
“The protocol will include a recycling agreement, meaning that extra electricity produced in the ‘KKTC’ will be sold to Turkey in the same way,” he added.
WATER SUPPLY PROJECT
Turkey has long planned to provide fresh water to the occupying areas, which lacks its own resources, reported Daily Sabah.
A water supply project to provide the occupying areas with fresh water for the next 50 years was officially launched in 2011 by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan when he was Prime Minister.
The first fresh water from Turkey to the occupying areas was sent last October.
The project will supply around 75 mcm of water to the occupying areas every year, reported Daily Sabah.
CYPRUS INVASION
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and illegally occupied its northern third.
UN-led peace talks are currently underway, between the Republic’s President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, to find a negotiated settlement that will reunify the country under a federal roof.
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