Akinci: Cost of Cyprus reunification may top estimates
The leader of Cyprus’s breakaway Turkish-Cypriot community says the ethnically divided island’s potential wealth from newly found offshore gas reserves could be used to partly fund a costly reunification deal.
Mustafa Akinci told The Associated Press in an interview on Monday that a peace accord may cost more than initial estimates.
He said gas could boost energy cooperation and foster peace in a tumultuous region, but warned unilateral drilling by Greek Cypriots could reignite tensions.
[AP]
