AVCI ACCUSES GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE OF RAISING TENSIONS DURING A PERIOD WHEN TALKS ARE CONTINUING
Deputy Prime Minister-Foreign Minister Turgay Avci has criticized the Greek Cypriot Administration for continuing to pursue its armament campaign during a period when talks were going on to find a political settlement on the island.
He said statements made by Greek Cypriot officials proved that the Greek Cypriot Side was fearlessly continuing to purchase more and more armaments.
In a statement issued today, Foreign Minister Turgay Avci accused the Greek Cypriot Administration of transforming the island into a weapons depot, particularly at a time when peace talks, supported by the international community, were going on between the two leaders.
Expressing concern over recent statements made by Greek Cypriot officials, particularly by the head of the Greek Cypriot Defense committees Omiru, Avci described the Greek Cypriot Side’s efforts as politically unethical and double faced.
“While on the one hand we see the Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias making peaceful and constructive statements, other senior and high level Greek Cypriot officials are making provocative statements aimed at raising tensions on the island. These statements remind us of the good cop, bad cop method” said Avci.
Stating that the international community was expecting both sides in Cyprus to focus their energy on reaching a bi-communal, bi-zonal solution within the framework of UN parameters, Avci said that the Greek Cypriot Administration’s attempts and activities to create an atmosphere of tension and insecurity in the Eastern Mediterranean proved its true intentions on the Cyprus Problem.