US firm Noble Energy will soon begin exploratory drilling to confirm oil and gas deposits beneath the sea bed off Cyprus' southern coast, despite Turkey's attempts to prevent such a move, the island's president Dimitris Christofias said on Tuesday, ABС news reports.
Christofias said the Cyprus government has lodged complaints with the United Nations and the European Union against Turkey, which is threatening to deploy its naval forces to deter Cyprus' gas exploration efforts.
Christofias said Cyprus expects the international community's "robust and effective reaction" in case Turkey commits an "unlawful act."
