<p>By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Any future talks over the divided island of Cyprus must be result-oriented, not just for the sake of talking, said Turkey’s foreign minister on Thursday.</p> <p>The framework of Cyprus negotiations should be specified before the start of new talks, Mevlut Cavusoglu told a press conference alongside his Greek counterpart George Katrougalos in Antalya, on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.</p> <p>Cavusoglu said Turkey wants a solution for Cyprus that is acceptable to both sides.</p> <p>Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when a Greek Cypriot coup was followed by violence against the island's Turks and Ankara's intervention as a guarantor power. </p> <p>The island has seen an on-and-off peace process in recent years, including the collapse of a 2017 initiative in Switzerland under the auspices of guarantor countries Turkey, Greece and the U.K.</p> <p>Also speaking on energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean, Cavusoglu said Turkey has rights there under the international legal framework. </p> <p>"Any [energy] project which excludes Turkey is not realistic," Cavusoglu stressed.</p> <p>Greece and Turkey have been at loggerheads over energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean, particularly around the divided island of Cyprus.</p>
