British PM urged to call out Turkey

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged by the Cypriot diaspora community to "call upon Turkey to remove its warships from Cyprus's EEZ [exclusive economic zone]."

A letter to May signed by community members Leonidas Leonidou, Andreas Tambourides, Antonis Savvides, Doros Partasides, George Hadjipavlis, Ioannis Kouvaros, Serafim Diakou, Spyros Neophytou, Tasos Poyiatzis and Stella Dinenis said, "British citizens, members of the strong Greek-Cypriot community, who originate from cities, towns and villages occupied by the Turkish Army since 1974 in the northern part of Cyprus, ask the prime minister to call upon Turkey to adhere to international law and allow the Republic of Cyprus to exercise its sovereign and legal rights to explore and exploit its natural resources."

In reference to Turkey's naval blockade off the coast of Cyprus to prevent drilling for...