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Greece & Turkey Squabble over Migrants, EnergyMin Eyes Black Sea Gas Discovery

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  • Greece accuses Turkey of pushing migrants back into its waters, saying Turkey "acts like a pirate state in the Aegean." Greece urged the EU to pressure Ankara to meet its international obligations (referring to the 2016 migrant deal).
    • Greece cites video footage of the Turkish coast guard taking migrants in a dinghy back into Greek waters. Turkey has refuted this, saying it was the Greek coast guard that failed to help migrants
  • Turkish Energy Min says a new Black Sea gas find is imminent and will be announced soon. So far, Turkey has discovered 540bn cubic meters of natural gas in the Sakayra field, with the discoveries set to reduce Turkey's energy import dependency in the coming years
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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