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NICOSIA, Cyprus - Syria promised Thursday to cooperate with Cyprus in offshore oil-and-gas exploration, despite objections by Turkey.
"The area is promising," Syria's oil minister, Sufian Al-Alao, said after talks with Cypriot officials. "We hope to find good reserves from oil and gas in the Mediterranean."
Cypriot Commerce Minister Antonis Paschalides said the island nation will soon sign an agreement with Syria to mark the undersea oil exploration boundaries.
Cyprus has signed similar deals with Lebanon and Egypt.
Turkey objects to Cyprus' offshore oil search. It argues it has rights in the area and says the island's breakaway Turkish Cypriots should also have a say.
Last month, Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias accused Turkey's navy of harassing exploration vessels chartered by his government.
Cyprus was ethnically split in 1974 when Turkey invaded in response to a coup by Athens-backed supporters of uniting the island with Greece.
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