According to Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika (24.01.15), Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking at a dinner organized for the participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday night, said: “If a solution in Cyprus is being reached, then the natural gas found around Cyprus should go through Turkey”.
Referring to Turkey’s EU membership, Davutoglu said: “We are ready to open the 27 chapters. If there are no political preventions and these chapters are opened we can easily conclude 15 of them. I assure you that Turkey can be ready for full membership in two years if these political obstacles are removed. We are unfortunately unable to move forward because of the Cyprus problem and preventative efforts of some member countries”.