据塔斯社7月16日安卡拉报道，土耳其外交部长卡夫索格鲁(Mevlut Cavusoglu)在周二的新闻发布会上对记者表示，尽管欧盟实施了制裁，安卡拉方面仍决心继续在塞浦路斯海域进行钻探。

并表示：“土耳其将继续加强我们的勘探活动，现在我们在地中海东部有三艘钻探船，我们将派出第四艘。”

王佳晶 摘译自 塔斯社

原文如下：

Turkey vows to continue drilling for gas off Cyprus coast

ANKARA, July 16. /TASS/. Ankara is determined to continue drilling off Cyprus despite the sanctions imposed by the European Union, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday.

"If you make such decisions regarding Turkey, we will step up our activities. Now there are three our ships in the Eastern Mediterranean, and we will dispatch the fourth one," he stressed.