Although they always prefer the path of diplomacy and dialogue, they will not leave unanswered the armament activities of the Greek side that increase the tension on the island and the region, "suplex" Tahsin Ertourgoulou said in a written statement, commenting on the statement of the Minister of Defence, Haralambos Petridis, that the ministry's budget is the highest in the last 20 years.
As reported in the occupied territories, Ertugruloglu said that it became known that, from the budget of the Ministry of Interior, 200 million euros will be allocated only for armaments. "The decision of the Gypriot side to buy unmanned aerial vehicles and attack helicopters, the lifting of the 30-year embargo on arms sales from the US to the Gypriot side and the participation of the Gypriot side in more than 40 exercises show that there is a clear danger for the Turkish Cypriot people," he said.
He referred again to the participation of priests in a National Guard exercise and the transfer of heavy weapons along the "border line", as he calls the line of confrontation.
"The continued arming of the Y/C and the decision of countries like the US and France to sell lethal weapons to the Y/C side are causing an arms race. We continue with determination to take the necessary steps together with the motherland Turkey, which is a regional power, in response to the armament of the E/C side, which threatens the T/C people," he added.
This hostile attitude of the E/C side towards the T/C people, he argued, is also indicative of why an acceptable agreement has not been reached so far, despite our good intentions.
Source: KYPE
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