The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs Anita Demetriou, today sent a new letter of appeal on the Famagusta issue, following her previous letter last July to the Speakers 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 in the enclave of Famagusta.
In her letter, the President of the Parliament stresses that the illegal Turkish attempts to change the status quo of Famagusta constitute a flagrant violation of the relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions, in particular Resolutions 550 (1984) and 789 (1992). Ms Demetriou denounces 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 stresses, undermine efforts to resume negotiations towards a just and viable solution to the Cyprus problem on the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal federation. The return of Famagusta to its legitimate inhabitants under the administration of the United Nations, Ms Demetriou noted, as the President's proposal of Confidence Building Measures aimed at creating appropriate conditions for the resumption of meaningful talks, would be an indication that Turkey has the will 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, and to exert their influence so that Turkey ceases its provocative behavior against Cyprus and withdraws its illegal actions in Famagusta.
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