The UN peacekeeping forces‘ intervention within the highway development in Northern Cyprus was “unacceptable,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned on Monday.
“The physical intervention of UN peacekeeping forces on the territory that falls under the sovereignty of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) is never acceptable for us,” Erdoğan mentioned after the Cabinet assembly within the capital Ankara.
His remarks got here after the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) final week intervened in highway development work to hyperlink the Turkish Cypriot village of Pile within the buffer zone with the remainder of the TRNC.
The highway growth is strategically essential for residents as it is going to give them extra choices to succeed in Pile, the place Turks and Greek Cypriots dwell collectively.
The Greek Cypriot administration and the UN are against the mission.
Residents of Pile will have the ability to journey shorter distances and won’t should cross by way of British bases when crossing to the Turkish facet when the 11.6-kilometer (7.2-mile) development and restore work ends.
The first 7.5 km (4.7 mi) of the highway will cross by way of Yiğitler, and the second 4.1 km (2.5 mi) will cross by way of Pile.
“It is neither legal nor humane to prevent Turkish Cypriots living in the Pile village from reaching their homeland,” Erdoğan mentioned.
The president additionally burdened that the UN peacekeeping power overshadowed its impartiality with bodily intervention to villagers in Northern Cyprus and unlucky statements.
TÜRKİYE NOT TO ALLOW ‘UNLAWFUL ACTS’ ON CYPRUS ISLAND
Erdoğan mentioned tensions within the area have escalated once more on account of these attitudes which are “incompatible” with worldwide regulation.
“We certainly do not find this intervention in good faith at a time when we are trying to mutually strengthen our relations with our neighbors and clear up the problems between us.”
“What is expected from the UN is to contribute to resolving the humanitarian needs of all parties on the island by truly representing its name, instead of demonstrating destabilizing behavior,” he added.
Türkiye, as a guarantor state, is not going to permit “faits accomplis and unlawful acts” on the Cyprus island, particularly within the buffer zone, Erdoğan burdened.
“We will not leave our Turkish Cypriot brothers alone with the uncompromising attitude of the Greek Cypriot side that imposes their unjust and unilateral demands,” he added.
Erdoğan additionally criticized the EU’s assertion on the difficulty, dubbing it “unfortunate.”
“Our struggle will continue until the equal sovereignty and equal international status of the TRNC is confirmed by the whole world,” he added.
Cyprus has been mired in a decades-long dispute between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots regardless of a collection of diplomatic efforts by the UN to attain a complete settlement.
Türkiye totally helps a two-state resolution on the island primarily based on sovereign equality and equal worldwide standing between its two states.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
