Eroglu reprimanded Rasbash and demanded EU Commission to recognise the “TRNC”
Under the title, “Eroglu reprimanded Rasbash”, Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Volkan newspaper (18.11.09) reports that the self-styled prime minister of the occupation regime, Dervis Eroglu, called Andrew Rasbash, the Chief of the Turkish Cypriot Desk of the European Commission, to “the office of the prime ministry”, in order to reprimand him because he does not recognize the “TRNC and the TRNC authorities”.
The issue occurred when Mr Rasbash sent a letter to Mr Eroglu, criticizing his “government’s” decision not to give permission to 15, out of 21 persons for participating in an EU funded project about the environment. The paper, which describes Mr Rasbash’s letter as interference for the “government’s” decision, writes that Mr Eroglu reacted because Mr Rasbash addressed him in the letter as “Dear Dr Eroglu”, instead of “Prime Minister Eroglu”. In addition, he used the phrase “esteemed”, instead of “prime minister”. According to the paper, the self-styled prime minister, called on Mr Rasbash to his “office” and issued a warning that he should treat with respect the “TRNC and the TRNC authorities”.
The paper also writes that commenting on the issue, the “MP” of the National Unity Party (UBP), Ali Cetin Amcaoglu, stated: “The EU must accept that there is a government and an authority in the TRNC, it must inform the government about its decisions and events.” He went on and added that there is no problem regarding the EU, stating that no problem will occur, as long as the procedure is implemented and the “government” is not ignored.
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