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Turkey: “There is No Cyprus”

turkey provocationThe Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs proceeded to make another provocative statement saying that “there is no Cyprus,” sparking a strong reaction from Nicosia.
This started on the occasion of an EU agreement signing concerning the readmission of illegal immigrants. Turkey, instead of conforming with this decision without any exceptions, chose unilaterally to meet this decision for all member-states of the European Union except for the Republic of Cyprus
A Turkish letter to the European Commission stated that the country will not conform to the agreement on readmission of illegal immigrants in the Republic of Cyprus because it does not recognize it. All this despite its obligation to the European Council to unconditionally recognize the Republic of Cyprus, to implement the Ankara Protocol and to work for the solution of the Cyprus dispute.
This action constitutes an intolerable challenge not only towards Cyprus but mainly to the European Union and the European institutions, said the President of EDEK Yiannakis Omirou, in Paphos.
He also said that the Union and the Commission need to compel Turkey to conform to this agreement and he called on the government to react quickly and decisively to Turkey’s provocation.
He stressed the fact that any tolerance of Turkey’s behavior that grossly offends the EU would amount to complicity and he said that it is time for Cyprus to claim all its rights as an EU Member State.

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