There has never been a link between the issue of hydrocarbons in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus and the process to reach a settlement of the Cyprus problem, says Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis. In an interview published in the Greek newspaper “Ta Nea” on Saturday, Lakkotrypis notes that the Republic of Cyprus plans and implements its energy designs in accordance with international law and the 1982 UN Convention of the Law of the Sea, as all …