17 minutes agoTurkey criticises UN approach to stopping construction of Cyprus road
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Turkey has criticised the UN peacekeepers (OKB) for blocking the construction of a contracting road in the defence zone, which divides Cyprus, calling “unacceptable and extremely wrong” their approach. A clash occurred Friday between Turkish-Cypriot forces and UN peacekeepers in Pyla, a village of [...]
A clash occurred Friday between Turkish-Cypriot forces and UN peacekeepers in Pyla, an ethnically mixed village in the UN-planned area between the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus in the south and the breakaway Turkish-Cypriot state in the north.
The UN mission on the eastern Mediterranean island said its peacekeepers were under attack until they were trying to block the unauthorized construction operation” near Pylas, the only village where the Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots live side by side.
Omer Celik, spokesman for Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, defended road construction and criticised the approach of UN peacekeepers, calling it unacceptable “”.
The approach of the UN peacekeeping force serving in Cyprus... was unacceptable and extremely wrong”, Celik wrote on X, once known as Twitter.
He said that approach “meant to satisfy the Greco-Chipriots has damaged the reputation of the UN mission in Cyprus.
Authorities in Turkey's self-declared Republic in Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which is recognised only by Turkey, rejected the UN mission's claims, calling the non-base “”.
Celik said Saturday that Turkey fully supports “The TNC, and called on the UN mission to treat the Turkish-Cypriots equally.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish forces usurped its northern part in response to the military stamp ordered by the junta, which was then in power in Greece.
