Video: Cyprus Oil Quest draws Turkey's Negative Attention

Cyprus begins an offshore drilling project in the search for oil and natural gas. Turkey however decalres the act illegal and sends a research ship to the site. Drillingmust stop until a reunification deal is reached insists the Turkish backed leadership.

However, the internationally recognised Cyprus government rejects this idea so dimplomatic tensions are rising over this latest development.

Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba reports from Nicosia, in Cyprus.