Speaker of the Parliament Anita Demetriou sent on Thursday a new letter on the Famagusta issue, following her previous letter last July, to the Presidents of the Parliaments of the Member States of the European Union, the Presidents of the Parliaments of the Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council and the Presidents of international and regional parliamentary organisations, in response to the new Turkish provocations.
As stated in a statement of the Parliament, in her letter, Mrs Demetriou stresses that the illegal Turkish attempts to change the status quo of the city of Famagusta constitute a flagrant violation of the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions, in particular Resolutions 550 (1984) and 789 (1992).
It condemns the unilateral actions of Turkey and its subordinate illegal entity in the Turkish-occupied territories of the Republic of Cyprus and the unacceptable claim of the Turkish side for a "two-state" solution, which is explicitly rejected by the international community.
These illegal actions, the Speaker of the House stresses, undermine efforts to resume negotiations towards a just and viable solution to the Cyprus problem, on the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal federation.
Mrs. Demetriou notes that the return of Famagusta to its legitimate inhabitants under the administration of the United Nations, as proposed by the President of the Republic, as the relevant Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) aimed at creating appropriate conditions for the resumption of substantive talks, would be an indication that Turkey is willing to cooperate, in good faith, towards a solution of the Cyprus problem.
The President of the Parliament makes an urgent appeal to her counterparts to condemn and react strongly to the violations of international law and human rights in Cyprus by Turkey, just as the international community was rightly mobilized to similar violations of international law in Ukraine.
It also calls on them to exert their influence so that Turkey ceases its provocative behaviour against Cyprus and withdraws its illegal actions in Famagusta.
Source: KYPE
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