Erdogan’s party in the Occupied is categorically condemned by SYRIZA-PS, with its announcement, on the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion and illegal occupation.
Furthermore, it condemns as unacceptable the statements of the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “which insult, once again, the memory of the victims of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the missing, the prisoners and the tens of thousands of refugees”.
“Unfortunately, this proves once again that Turkey not only refuses to abandon its neo-Ottoman narratives and finally comply with international law, but on the contrary, welcomes its illegal actions,” SYRIZA adds.
He asks the government to react immediately
At the same time, “it calls on the government to react immediately: firstly, by taking the necessary diplomatic measures so that this new Turkish challenge has an impact on Euro-Turkish relations”. And secondly, by underlining, at international and European level, the importance for the future of Greek-Turkish relations and peace in the region, of ending Turkish provocations and resuming talks for a fair and sustainable solution, where they were interrupted in Crans-Montana, for a solution based on the decisions of the UN Security Council, for the benefit of all the Cypriot people, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots”.