NICOSIA, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus is to table with the United Nations the coordinates for its marine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) which has not been demarcated as yet, in a move to safeguard its entire EEZ, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Friday.
Cyprus has already demarcated its exclusive economic zone to the east and south with Lebanon, Israel and Egypt, leaving out its marine areas adjoining Syria to the east, Turkey to the north and Greece to the northwest.
A move to table coordinates by Cyprus might anger Turkey.
"Thinks must start from somewhere (regarding demarcation) whether Turkey agrees or not for the rest of the EEZ of Cyprus," Kasoulides told the Cyprus News Agency in an interview.
Turkey, which occupied part of Cyprus in 1974, in reaction to a Greek-inspired coup, objects to license issued by Cyprus to several international energy companies for natural gas exploration off its southern and southwestern shores.
Cypriot authorities said the new coordinates to be tabled have already been submitted to Greece for the part that concerns it and the view by the Greek government is expected.
