Türkiye Condemns Arson Attack On Mosque In Southern Cyprus
Date
8/27/2023 3:06:07 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) Türkiye has strongly condemned an early-morning arson attack on
the Koprulu Haci Ibrahim Aga Mosque in the city of Limassol in the
Greek-administrated part of Cyprus.
"This heinattack is yet another addition to the past acts
against different mosques in the Greek Cypriot Administration," the
Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Ankara fully supports the statement issued by the Foreign
Ministry of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyp(TRNC) on this
issue, the statement read.
"As the latest example of the growing Islamophobia across
Europe, this attack not only targets Muslims but also demonstrates
once again how grave the threat to our common human values has
become," it added.
The ministry further stressed that "the hatred and intolerance
revealed by the said attack indicate how far removed some segments
of the Greek Cypriot community are from an understanding of living
together in peace, tranquillity and tolerance with the Muslim
Turkish Cypriots."
According to the statement, that attitude from the Greek Cypriot
side provides "additional proof that the two-state vision of the
Turkish Cypriot side constitutes the only realistic model for the
settlement of the Cypissue."
Cyphas been mired in a decades-long dispute between Greek
Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, despite a series of diplomatic
efforts by the United Nations to achieve a comprehensive
settlement.
Türkiye fully supports a two-state solution on the island of
Cypbased on sovereign equality and equal international statu
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