Turkish presidential adviser, UN assistant secretary-general discuss Cyprus

Turkish presidential adviser, UN assistant secretary-general discuss Cyprus

Published September 01,2023


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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s chief adviser Akif Çağatay Kılıç mentioned on Friday a variety of points together with Cyprus with UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas Miroslav Jenca within the Turkish capital Ankara.

“We discussed the latest developments and possible steps on Cyprus, the (Black Sea) grain corridor and the UN General Assembly meeting,” Kılıç stated on X after the closed-door assembly on the presidential advanced.

Kılıç stated rights of the Turkish Cypriots should be protected, and the “unjust attitude” to this problem should finish.

Jenca, for his half, expressed his gratitude to Türkiye for its efforts on the restoration of the Black Sea grain deal.

Türkiye, along with the UN, brokered the deal in July 2022, permitting Ukraine to renew transport foodstuffs from three of its Black Sea ports throughout the conflict with Russia.

Russia, nonetheless, withdrew from the settlement in July, saying the memorandum was not honored and there are restrictions on funds, logistics and insurance coverage on shipments of its personal meals and fertilizer exports.

Earlier this week, Jenca held talks with Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders “as part of the UN’s continued engagement with the parties to explore common ground on the way forward on the Cyprus issue.”

His talks in Cyprus got here after UN peacekeepers intervened on Aug. 18 in street development work to hyperlink the Turkish Cypriot village of Pile within the buffer zone with the remainder of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

Türkiye stated that the development of the Pile-Yiğitler street is a humanitarian undertaking aiming to facilitate the direct entry of TRNC residents within the village of Pile to their homeland.

The Greek Cypriot administration and the UN are against the undertaking.

Source: www.anews.com.tr