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[Kifeas]

SPOKESMAN - TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY - PAPADOPOULOS` REMARKS

The Cypriot government has called on the Turkish side to show the necessary political will for the immediate implementation of the 8 July 2006 agreement.

In a written statement, Government Spokesman Vassilis Palmas notes that if the Turkish government really believes that the presence of the Turkish troops in Cyprus is based on Turkey`s rights, emanating from international treaties, then Turkey, in compliance with the UN Charter, articles 33 and 36, can accept the solution of this legal part of the Cyprus problem by the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

Palmas issued the statement in reply to the reactions of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turkish Cypriot leadership to remarks by President Tassos Papadopoulos, who said in a televised press conference on September 11 that the Turkish army was an enemy of Cyprus.

The Spokesman points out that the Cyprus problem is one of invasion and occupation, adding that ``the presence of the Turkish army in Cyprus is the result of Turkey`s invasion of our country in the summer of 1974, which led to the capturing and occupation with the use of violence of 37% of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus.``

He adds that the continuing presence of Turkish troops on Cyprus` territory is illegal, noting that the invasion itself and the presence of the Turkish army constitute a blatant violation of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, which safeguarded the independence, territorial integrity and security of Cyprus, as well as the status quo, as it was defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus. It also flagrantly violates the UN Charter and the rules of Jus Cogens, he notes.

Palmas says the Turkish army is already in its 34th year of illegal presence in Cyprus, controlling the occupied areas and, along with the Turkish government, is responsible for the national cleansing of the area from Greek Cypriots and anything reminiscent of them, replacing them with anything Turkish.

``They are responsible for the secessionist actions that led to the unilateral declaration of independence in 1983 and the creation of the secessionist local administration subject to Turkey in the occupied areas, which was deplored by the Security Council, in resolutions 541 and 550, describing it illegal and null,`` he adds.

In his statement, Palmas says ``the Turkish army, as the military arm of Turkey in Cyprus, is maintaining and promoting the division of Cyprus and the alienation of the two communities.``

``If the Turkish government really believes, as the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement says, that the presence of the Turkish troops in Cyprus is based on the rights of Turkey, emanating from international treaties, then Turkey, in compliance with the UN Charter, articles 33 and 36, can accept the solution of this legal aspect of the Cyprus problem by the International Court of Justice of The Hague,`` he says.

Palmas adds that the Cypriot government has been proving in practice that it is committed to achieving a functional and viable solution of the Cyprus problem the soonest possible, on the basis of high level agreements, relevant UN resolutions and EU principles, which will furthermore provided for the withdrawal of the occupation troops.

``In this direction, it calls on the Turkish side to show the necessary political will for the immediate implementation of the July 8 agreement,`` he concludes.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third.

President Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat agreed on 8 July 2006, during a meeting in Nicosia in the presence of UN official Ibrahim Gambari, to begin a process of bicommunal discussions on issues that affect the day-to-day life of the people and concurrently those that concern substantive issues, both contributing to a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem.

http://www.cna.org.cy/website/english/a ... 2.asp?id=1

[Tim Drayton]

Tasos Papadpoulos targeting the Turkish Armed Forces as the Sole Enemy of his people made anger from Turkey and TRNC.
T.Pap. seems to have forgotten that Turkey is a quarantor country with UK and Greece.He should know that when ever satisfactory peace achived in Cyprus Turkish Army will leave.

Two quotes from the text of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee:
"The guarantor powers will recognise and guarantee the independence, territorial integrity and security of the Republic"
"Greece, Turkey and the UK, likewise, undertake to prohibit ... any activity aimed at promoting, directly or indirectly, either union of Cyprus with any other state or partition of the island"
No further comment

[Kifeas]

Tasos Papadpoulos targeting the Turkish Armed Forces as the Sole Enemy of his people made anger from Turkey and TRNC.
T.Pap. seems to have forgotten that Turkey is a quarantor country with UK and Greece.He should know that when ever satisfactory peace achived in Cyprus Turkish Army will leave.

Two quotes from the text of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee:
"The guarantor powers will recognise and guarantee the independence, territorial integrity and security of the Republic"
"Greece, Turkey and the UK, likewise, undertake to prohibit ... any activity aimed at promoting, directly or indirectly, either union of Cyprus with any other state or partition of the island"
No further comment

There is no way one can make sense from Turkish politics and politicials (this includes the military, for they are top to bottom in politics!)

[Nikitas]

Tim

Thanks for posting an excerpt from the original treaty.

It reminds us that the Turkish army has carried out both a partition of the island and union of the northern part with Turkey. Killing two birds with one stone.

[Bill]

Tim

Thanks for posting an excerpt from the original treaty.

It reminds us that the Turkish army has carried out both a partition of the island and union of the northern part with Turkey. Killing two birds with one stone.

And of course they have what they have always wanted Cyprus or at least part of Cyprus back under Turkish control .

Bill