Union Parliamentary Assembly for the Mediterranean (UfM PA) Turkish Delegation President Şamil Ayrım sent a letter to the UfM PA member delegations and lawmakers, containing detailed information relating to Turkey’s hydrocarbon activities in Mediterranean on August 17, 2020.

Şamil Ayrım, stated that Turkey is the country with the longest coast in the Eastern Mediterranean and the conflict in the eastern Mediterranean can be resolved permanently only by dialogue and cooperation in mentioned letter.
In the letter, UfM PA Turkish Delegation President Şamil Ayrım, emphasized that Turkey’s activities in Eastern Mediterranean has two dimensions; first one is the dimension related to the protection of the rights arising from the continental shelf due to the fact that Turkey is a sovereign state; second one is protection of legal rights of the Cyprus Turks who is the co-owner or the island.

Besides, he emphasized that Turkey will demand justice primarily through diplomacy and cooperation and Turkey and North Cyprus will never give up their rights.

In this context, Şamil Ayrım gave detailed information to his interlocutors with the evaluation note in the appendix of the letter that explains clearly Turkey’s thesis complying with the international law.