Overseas Minister Nikos Christodoulides is in Luxembourg for Monday’s assembly of the EU Overseas Affairs Council throughout which the continued criminality of Turkey in Varosha – the enclosed space of Famagusta – may also be mentioned.
An official announcement additionally stated Christodoulides can have the chance to temporary his counterparts on the current illegal actions of Turkey within the EEZ of Cyprus.
Earlier than the beginning of the Council`s session, Christodoulides will attend a working breakfast hosted by the Minister of Overseas Affairs of Greece, Nikos Dendias.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Quite a few UN-backed talks to reunite the island have did not yield outcomes.
UN Safety Council decision 550 (1984) considers any makes an attempt to settle any a part of Varosha by individuals apart from its inhabitants as inadmissible and requires the switch of this space to the administration of the UN. Decision 789 (1992) additionally urges that with a view to the implementation of decision 550 (1984), the realm at current underneath the management of the United Nations Peace-keeping Drive in Cyprus be prolonged to incorporate Varosha.
Turkish Cypriot chief, Ersin Tatar, introduced in July 2021 a partial lifting of the navy standing in Varosha.
On October 8, 2020, the Turkish facet opened a part of the fenced space of Varosha, following an announcement made in Ankara on October 6. Each the UN Secretary-Normal and the EU expressed concern, whereas the UN Safety Council referred to as for the reversal of this plan of action.