Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay stated that “unless the current circumstances change and until the Greek Cypriot side is ready to share power and prosperity with the Turkish Cypriot side, negotiating for a federal settlement on the basis of sharing would mean imprisonment of the Turkish Cypriot people to the [...]

THE SECURITY COUNCIL DID NOT UTILIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE TENSION Today (28 July 2020), the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 2537 (2020) endorsing  the United Nations Secretary-General’s periodic report on the UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) dated 10 July 2020 and extending the mandate of the UNFICYP for 6 months. [...]

THE GREEK CYPRIOT LEADERSHIP IS GRAVELY MISTAKEN The Greek Cypriot leadership is gravely mistaken if it assumes that the adoption of a joint declaration, with countries that do not even belong and are completely oblivious to the region and its sensitivities, will lead us to forego our rights and interests. The Foreign Ministers of the [...]

UN SECURITY COUNCIL ENHANCED THE EMPHASIS ON COOPERATION With the Resolution it has adopted, UN Security Council today has displayed a strong will regarding the development of cooperation between the two sides on the island, despite all efforts by the Greek Cypriot leadership to the contrary. As a result of the the effective and proactive [...]

WE WILL NOT ALLOW VIOLATION OF OUR RIGHTS The Greek Cypriot side, dictated by a hegemonic mentality which rejected all of our proposals for cooperation, has been making patronising statements at a time when priorly announced steps are being taken in a decisive manner in order to protect our co-owner rights, as also acknowledged by [...]

PRODUCT OF HEGAMONIC AND EGO-CENTRIC MENTALITY East-Med gas pipeline project signed by the Greek Cypriot administration, Greece and Israel is a new example of the hostile and provocative attempt aiming to exclude Turkish Cypriot people and Turkey from the energy equation in the region. Concerning such activities, the attitude and intention rather than economic considerations [...]

The decision taken by the United States to lift the arms embargo, which has been imposed on the Greek Cypriot administration since 1987, so as to prevent, inter alia, negative implications on the negotiations to reach a settlement on the Cyprus problem, would certainly harm peace and stability in Cyprus as well as the Eastern [...]

We would like to express openly and clearly that the Island of Cyprus does not belong to the Greek Cypriots; the Island of Cyprus is not an island under the administration of the Greek Cypriots and any decision regarding the future of the Island cannot be taken by the Greek Cypriots in disregard of the [...]

GREEK CYPRIOT LEADERSHIP’S ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO IS FUTILE The ongoing work related to the decision of our Government regarding the closed area of Maraş (Varosha) are being undertaken within the framework of international law, as well as with due consideration of the rights of the Evkaf and former inhabitants of the said [...]

As the Deputy Prime Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we salute the pertinent message given in the report of the United Nations Secretary-General, approved by the UN Security Council, which call on the two sides, local and international actors to cooperate, in effect a call towards changing the status quo. The UN Security Council [...]