Mediterranean gas not yet the answer for Turkey's ties with Israel, Cyprus
Michael Leigh of the German Marshall Fund argues the newly discovered hydrocarbon reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean are not agents of peace, but if a political settlement were achieved, both with Cyprus and Israel, these reserves could reinforce the peace with Turkey.
US Vice President Joe Biden, on his recent visit to Cyprus, showed the importance the White House is placing on finding alternate energy routes into Europe for the newly discovered deposits of hydrocarbon reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean in an attempt to loosen Europe’s dependence on Russia.
Biden’s May 21 arrival on Cyprus marked the most senior US official visit to the island in more than five decades.
