The UN Security Council condemned the decision by Turkey and Turkish Cypriots to reopen a residential part of a deserted suburb, calling for ‘the immediate reversal’ of this unilateral action and warned that it could lead to tensions on the divided Mediterranean island.
In a presidential statement approved by all 15 councillors at a public meeting on Friday, it was reiterated that any attempt to establish a part of the suburb of Varosha “is impermissible by people outside its inhabitants”.
“The Security Council calls for immediate action to be taken, and the action was taken against Varosha since October 2020,” the 15-member body declared in an announcement on Friday.
The adoption of the statement follows a briefing on Wednesday by the outgoing UN special envoy focusing on the announcement by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday that a 3.5-square-kilometre section of Varosha from Varosha from military to civilian return will take place. Control.
He made it before a military parade attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the Turkish incursion of Cyprus.
On a trip to the north of divided Nicosia on Tuesday, Erdogan declared that half a century of UN efforts had failed and that there should be “two peoples and two states of equal status”.
The United States has expressed concern that its comments would have a ‘cold effect’ on UN efforts to find a solution in Cyprus.
“The Security Council stresses the need to avoid further unilateral action that is inconsistent with its resolutions and which could increase tensions on the island and jeopardize the prospects for a settlement,” the council said.
“The Security Council calls for immediate action to be taken and the action was taken against Varosha since October 2020,” the 15-member body said in a statement on Friday.
The adoption of the statement follows a briefing on Wednesday by the outgoing UN special envoy focusing on the announcement by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday that a 3.5-square-kilometre section of Varosha from Varosha from military to civilian return will take place.
He made it before a military parade attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
On a trip to the north of divided Nicosia on Tuesday, Erdogan declared that half a century of UN efforts had failed and that there should be “two peoples and two states of equal status”.
The United States has expressed concern that its comments would have a ‘cold effect’ on UN efforts to find a solution in Cyprus.
“The Security Council stresses the need to avoid further unilateral action that is inconsistent with its resolutions and which could increase tensions on the island and jeopardize the prospects for a settlement,” the council said.