EP report urges immediate troop pullout from North Cyprus
Members of the European Parliament on Wednesday endorsed an annual report evaluating European Union candidate Turkey's progress in 2009 which made several calls on Turkey to contribute to ongoing reunification talks in the divided island of Cyprus, calls that were interpreted by Ankara as placing the entire responsibility for the absence of a resolution to the decades-old Cyprus issue on the shoulders of Turkey.
The report, penned by Dutch Christian Democrat Ria Oomen-Ruijten, calls on Turkey to hand over a Turkish Cypriot town to Greek Cypriots and to immediately begin the withdrawal of Turkish troops.
From the northern part of the island in order to contribute to ongoing reunification talks led by the United Nations between Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders. The European Parliament “calls on the Turkish government actively to support the ongoing negotiations and to contribute in concrete terms to the comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus issue, based on a bizonal, bicommunal federation, in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the principles on which the EU is founded; calls on Turkey to facilitate a suitable climate for negotiations by immediately starting to withdraw its forces from Cyprus, by addressing the issue of the settlement of Turkish citizens on the island and also by enabling the return of the sealed-off section of Famagusta [Gazimağusa in Turkish] to its lawful inhabitants in compliance with Resolution 550 (1984) of the United Nations Security Council.”
by TODAY’S ZAMAN
11.02.2010
By:Demetrios on Şub 20, 2010
I think is time to get together as Cypriots to unified the island and stop been self fish, I crew up in Famagusta and when i was a 12 year boy my best friend was Turkish Cypriot, hi spoke Greek and i spoke Turkish, I miss him very much and I hope to see him one day and remember what we did together |
By:Minus7 on Şub 20, 2010
The EU parliement and the desicions they take make me laugh really. Give Gazimagusa back to southern and withdraw the Turkish troops immediately. Yeah right! Does he want Turkish Cypriots break dance dance with two watermelons in both hands??:))) |
By:CyprusChill on Şub 15, 2010
Very radical and one sided approach suggested by the Dutch Christian Democrat.
Is he a pot head with a mind full of insecurity, vague memory of the past and an appetite for a trifle.
How do these idiots hold such positions.
The mind boggles.
Peace has remained 'since' 1974 to this day. |
this is great for the cyprus pease plan the eu have just thrown a spanner in works dont these people watch tv? |
