国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Will Turkish call for cooperation in Eastern Mediterranean bear fruit?
<p><span word="ISTANBUL">ISTANBUL</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 20-- <span word="As">As</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="renewed">renewed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hydrocarbon">hydrocarbon</span>-<span word="rich">rich</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="analysts">analysts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="skeptical">skeptical</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="bear">bear</span> <span word="fruit">fruit</span>.</p><p><span word="Cahit">Cahit</span> <span word="Armagan">Armagan</span> <span word="Dilek">Dilek</span>, <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ankara">Ankara</span>-<span word="based">based</span> 21<span word="st">st</span> <span word="Century">Century</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unlikely">unlikely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="response">response</span>, <span word="considering">considering</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="sour">sour</span> <span word="relations">relations</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span>, <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span>.</p><p><span word="Greece">Greece</span>, <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Cyprus">Cyprus</span> <span word="signed">signed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="construct">construct</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="undersea">undersea</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="EastMed">EastMed</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="via">via</span> <span word="Greece">Greece</span>.</p><p>"<span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="economically">economically</span>, <span word="legally">legally</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="diplomatically">diplomatically</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="excluded">excluded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="out">out</span>," <span word="Turkish">Turkish</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Recep">Recep</span> <span word="Tayyip">Tayyip</span> <span word="Erdogan">Erdogan</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Ankara">Ankara</span> <span word="proposes">proposes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="passing">passing</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="Cyprus">Cyprus</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>.</p><p><span word="Necdet">Necdet</span> <span word="Pamir">Pamir</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="analyst">analyst</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Ankara">Ankara</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="win">win</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lingering">lingering</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="feasibility">feasibility</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="EastMed">EastMed</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="project">project</span>.</p><p>"<span word="From">From</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="start">start</span>, <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="seeks">seeks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="via">via</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="negative">negative</span> <span word="attitude">attitude</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="parties">parties</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="sees">sees</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="potential">potential</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="gas">gas</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Pamir">Pamir</span>, <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sigma">Sigma</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Ankara">Ankara</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="tank">tank</span>.</p>
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