The Mayor of Deryneia and member of the European Committee of the Regions, Andros Karagiannis Karagiannis, has called for the intervention of the European Union in the ongoing human rights abuses in Cyprus by the EU candidate Turkey.
In a written statement by the Municipality of Deryneia, it is stated that "Mr. Karagiannis made the relevant statement at the meeting of the Committee on Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs held on 29 March in Brussels".
The Mayor "also referred to the migration issue and the channeling of migrants through the occupied areas to the free areas of Cyprus, while expressing his strong disappointment at the illegal operation of the Varosha area."
He also noted that "the occupied city of Famagusta and the fenced area of Varosha are now being promoted by the Turkish Cypriot leadership as a tourist attraction, something we face every day as an outlying municipality adjacent to the occupied city of Famagusta". At the same time, he condemned Turkey's illegal hydrocarbon exploration and drilling activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus, which, he said, harm regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations.
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