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Greek PM calls Erdogan on Cyprus gas tension: official

AFP , Monday 26 Sep 2011

Greek PM calls Turkey mediating between it and Cyprus over a crisis in relations due to a dispute over gas exploration at sea

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called his Turkish counterpart Monday to discuss the dispute about gas drilling in the Mediterranean between Turkey and Cyprus, a Turkish official said.

"Both parties stressed their own position," the official from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office said.

Erdogan told George Papandreou about Turkey's opposition to Greek Cypriot explorations for undersea energy resources off the divided island, the official told AFP.

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