The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus welcomes the unanimous adoption of the UN Security Council resolution to extend the peacekeeping mission on the island for another 6 months.
The Foreign Ministry of Cyprus issued a statement on Thursday evening:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution on the extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). In its resolution, the Security Council reaffirms the validity of all resolutions relating to Cyprus and the importance of achieving a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem within the agreed framework of a bicommunal and bizonal federation in the presence of political equality. [греков-киприотов и турок-киприотов]as specified in the relevant resolutions.
The statement notes with satisfaction that the Security Council reaffirmed its position regarding the status of Varosha in accordance with previous resolutions and the declaration of the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Anastasiadis, dated July 23, 2021, where the statements of Ankara and the Turkish Cypriot authorities on further opening for free visits were voiced. this resort area of Famagusta. In accordance with these documents, Varosha should remain intact until the return of the Greek Cypriot owners, who were expelled from there in 1974, or their descendants. As emphasized in the Foreign Ministry of Cyprus, the Security Council expressed “strong disappointment in connection with the irreversibility of Turkey’s actions” in Varosha.
The Cypriot Foreign Ministry also draws attention to the statement of the UN Security Council that the status quo that has developed in Cyprus is “not sustainable”, and that in a new resolution the Security Council “confirmed the importance of implementing confidence-building measures” between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish – Cypriot sides.
The UN military contingent has been stationed in Cyprus since 1964, shortly after the riots broke out on the island. The peacekeepers took control of the demarcation line that crosses the island from west to east and divides Cyprus into the Greek south and the Turkish north. The buffer zone has a length of 180 km and a width of 3 meters to more than 7 km.
Repeated attempts were made to resolve the Cyprus problem, which, however, did not lead to a positive result. At the last settlement summit, which took place last April in Geneva, the leadership of the Turkish Cypriots put forward the recognition of the existence of two separate states on the island as a condition for starting negotiations. But such an approach contradicts the provisions prescribed in the UN Security Council resolutions that a two-zone and two-community federation should be formed in Cyprus, which, in turn, insists on the Greek Cypriot side, writes GreekReporter.
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