[CYPRUS TIMES] "We continue without succumbing to threats or provocations", Nicosia replies to Cavusoglu

Without succumbing to threats or provocations we will continue the effort for a solution based on international law Nicosia's response to the Turkish side What the Government Spokesman says about Tatar-Cavusoglu's remarks on the Turkish Foreign Minister's illegal visit to the occupied territories

Without succumbing to threats or provocations, we will continue our efforts to find a solution to the Cyprus problem, putting forward what international law requires, Government Spokesman Marios Pelicanos told the Cyprus News Agency, when asked to comment on the statements made by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Turkish Cypriot community leader Ersin Tatar in the occupied territories today.

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Pelecanos also said that we will continue to highlight the provocative actions and attitude of the other side and their unacceptable claims for recognition of equal sovereign rights.

He noted that the provocative attitude and behavior from the other side continues, this time on the occasion of the illegal visit of the Turkish Foreign Minister to our occupied territories.

From our side, without succumbing to any threats or provocations, we will continue our efforts by upholding what international law requires. As we will continue to highlight the provocative actions and attitude of the other side and their unacceptable claims for recognition of equal sovereign rights, he noted.

He also said that we see that the majority of our fellow Turkish Cypriots also oppose this blatant attempt by Ankara to place our occupied territories under its full control.

For our part, we will continue our efforts until we achieve the lifting of the deadlock and the resumption of the Cyprus problem on the path to a solution, on the basis of what the Security Council resolutions, the high-level agreements, the convergences achieved so far and the European acquis provide, the Government Spokesman stressed.

A solution, he said, that will benefit all citizens of the Republic of Cyprus and will make Cyprus a modern European state, without foreign troops and anachronistic guarantees from third parties.

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