Cyprus protests to UN continuing Turkish violations

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Sat, 01 Dec 2018 - 09:33 GMT

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Sat, 01 Dec 2018 - 09:33 GMT

FILE PHOTO: UN Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide (C) attends a demonstration by Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in favour of a peace settlement on divided Cyprus, at Ledra's checkpoint of the United Nations patrolled "green line" in Nicosia,

FILE PHOTO: UN Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide (C) attends a demonstration by Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in favour of a peace settlement on divided Cyprus, at Ledra's checkpoint of the United Nations patrolled "green line" in Nicosia,

NICOSIA, Dec 1 (MENA) - Cyprus has protested to the UN the continuing violations of the national airspace and territorial waters of the Republic of Cyprus by Turkey, as well as the infringements by the latter of international air traffic regulations, appealing for their immediate cessation, Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Saturday.

Deputy Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN Polly Ioannou transmitted to the UN Secretary General two documents detailing the violations of the national airspace of Cyprus, the infringements of international air traffic regulations in the flight information region of Cyprus and the illegal use of closed ports and airports in Cyprus, by Turkey, during August 2018.

In a letter to the UN Secretary General, dated 14 November 2018, which circulated on Thursday as an official document of the UN General Assembly and Security Council, Ioannou said that “this persistent policy of violating international law and breaching international rules and regulations is a constant threat to international peace and security, has a negative impact on regional stability, jeopardizes the safety of international civil aviation, creates difficulties for air traffic over Cyprus and prevents the creation of an enabling environment in which to conduct the Cyprus peace process.”

Ioannou urged Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot community to contribute to a meaningful resumption of the peace process, instead of focusing on undermining the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus and promoting the partition of Cyprus through the creation of facts on the ground and the formalization of the status quo, including by seeking to politically upgrade the secessionist entity.

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