Cyprus stands in solidarity with Ukraine and reiterates its help to the nation’s unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity inside its internationally recognised borders, the Everlasting Consultant of Cyprus to the UN, Ambassador Andreas Hadjichrysanthou informed a UN assembly on Ukraine.
Talking on the eleventh Emergency Particular Session of the United Nations Common Meeting, in New York, Hadjichrysanthou stated that Cyprus provides its voice to the condemnation of the Russian aggression towards Ukraine. “We deplore the human struggling and lack of life, in addition to the large displacement brought on by the hostilities, a consequence of conflict that Cyprus is barely too acquainted with for practically 50 years now” the Everlasting Consultant stated.
Cyprus, he went on, condemns any breach of worldwide peace and safety effected, by army motion, by any state, towards the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of one other.
“As a small state, which depends for its safety on the worldwide rules-based order with the UN at its core – Cyprus is deeply involved concerning the effectiveness of our system of collective safety,” the Ambassador added.
In his intervention, the Ambassador expressed hope that diplomacy will prevail and result in the peaceable decision of this battle, whereas stressing the necessity for full compliance with Worldwide Humanitarian Regulation, for a direct ceasefire, and for the withdrawal of Russian army forces from Ukrainian territory.
He additionally reiterated the pressing have to reverse illegal acts, together with the popularity of the self-proclaimed independence of the separatist areas in jap Ukraine.
Hadjichrysanthou additionally expressed concern concerning the present stage of nuclear menace.
Cyprus, as a sufferer itself of overseas invasion and ongoing occupation, stresses within the strongest potential phrases that the state of affairs in Ukraine constitutes a flagrant violation of worldwide regulation and undermines the rules-based worldwide order, the Ambassador stated and famous that the one method out is diplomacy, not conflict.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have to this point didn’t yield outcomes.
(CNA)