UNFICYP[/B] still has full control of the area of the Venetian walls near Paphos Gate, within the neutral zone, the UN peacekeeping force's Twitter post says, calling misleading today's report by the T/C newspaper Halkin Sessi claiming that there has been a violation in that area by the E/C.
In the post, UNFICYP clarifies that the area is under its control and designated for civilian use. "We continue to work closely with both sides to maintain peace and stability throughout the neutral zone."
The Halkin Sessi article also publishes some photos of the area which has been cleared and there is a small room building. She writes that the area that has been fenced off as a buffer zone has been violated by the E/Cs who cut the barbed wire and are entering there. It refers to a key to the cubicle - a small building there, which is occupied by E/C and according to the newspaper this raises a question as to under what authority of UNFICYP, this happened.
Someone, it continues, takes this key every Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning at designated times. But there is activity and during the week, someone takes the key and opens this small space. He posts a photo of a man leaning out of this room.
As he claims, UN peacekeeping force soldiers allowed E/C vehicles to enter that space and park in the buffer zone. Halkin Sesi writes that a journalist from the newspaper witnessed the incident over the weekend, which she captured in photographs "documenting the violation of the status of the area," she claims."
Source: KYPE
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