Cyprus is a member state of the EU - UN-resolutions need to be respected
Utl.: Cyprus is a member state of the EU - UN-resolutions need to be
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Strasbourg (OTS) - MEP Angelika Werthmann is concerned on the most
recent developments going on in Turkey.
What is of deeper concern, is the obvious negligence of awareness
concerning the situation on the island of Cyprus. Turkey is a
candidate country. As such it tries to impose its own perceptions and
rules. Today the 2013 progress report on Turkey was voted in plenary.
Once more MEP Werthmann takes the chance to highlight the importance
of the Cyprus problem and its interdependence to European politics.
It is of importance for the European Union to recognize unanimously
UN Security Council resolutions, especially resolution 1251 which
stresses the importance of an eventual demilitarisation as an
objective in the context of an overall comprehensive settlement on
the island.
Furthermore MEP Werthmann is concerned about the settlement policy
of Turkey bringing in Turkish citizens onto the island. This
contradicts the Geneva Convention and changes the democratic balance
on the island. It is incomprehensible that the issue of the exclusive
economic zone (UNCLOS) is put on the table to discuss as well as it
is incomprehensible to not immediately demand the transfer of the
sealed-off area of Famagusta to the UN in accordance with UNSC
Resolution 550 (1984).
"In my view it would be of highest importance for Turkey to fully
implement amongst others the 1951 Geneva Convention and its 1967
protocol. It is a must to respect European values as well as European
and international laws and legislation if one wants to be a serious
partner in European / international politics," concludes MEP
Werthmann.
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