Türkiye Condemns Us Decision To Lift Arms Embargo On Southern Cyprus
Date
8/19/2023 3:07:54 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) Türkiye on Saturday condemned the recent US decision of lifting
the arms embargo on the Greek Cypriot administration from September
2024, Azernews reports.
"Following the decision of the United States to lift the arms
embargo against the Greek Cypriot Administration in September 2020
and the expansion of the scope of the said decision in 2022, we
condemn that the U.S. has now extended that decision's duration for
one year as of 1 October 2023," the Ministry said in statement.
Türkiye fully supports the justified reaction of the Foreign
Affairs Ministry of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC),
it added.
"We would like to take this opportunity to remind that together
with the TRNC, we have repeatedly pointed out how the various
destabilizing steps recently taken by the U.S. in the region at the
expense of the Turkish Cypriot side undermine the neutral position
on the Island of Cyprus which this country has maintained for many
years, and constitute an obstacle to reaching a just, lasting and
sustainable settlement of the Cyprus issue.
"We invite the U.S. yet again to reconsider these policies that
put the stability in the region at risk," the statement read.
Türkiye, as a guarantor state, will always continue to ensure
the existence, security and peace of the Turkish Cypriots within
the framework of its historical and legal responsibilities, it
added.
Cyprus has been mired in a decades-long dispute between Greek
Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, despite a series of diplomatic
efforts by the UN to achieve a comprehensive settlement.
Türkiye fully supports a two-state solution on the island of
Cyprus based on sovereign equality and equal international status
between its two states.
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