U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale said hydrocarbon development would aim to "provide durable energy security and economic prosperity throughout the Mediterranean," according to the U.S. Embassy in Cyprus.
The statement was issued after Hale met with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides to discuss the eastern Mediterranean’s "growing strategic significance" as well as recent developments in the region, including the devastating Aug. 4 blast in Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...’s capital of Beirut.
Hale’s brief visit to the island nation came amid growing military tensions over
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
’s gas prospecting in waters where European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
members Greece and Cyprus say they have exclusive economic rights.