President Nicos Anastasiades has asked the UN Secretary General’s
intervention in a bid to convince Turkey to refrain from violating
Cyprus` sovereign rights in its Exclusive Economic Zone.
In a letter released on Wednesday, the President also warned that such
actions "would give a heavy blow to the UN-brokered negotiations for the
settlement of the Cyprus problem”.
And informed the UN chief about his decision on Tuesday to suspend
participation to the meetings in Nicosia with Turkish Cypriot leader
Dervis Eroglu scheduled for October 9 and 10.
"They (Turkish threats) have the potential to destroy the efforts of
creating a good and positive environment and actually derail the whole
negotiating process,” Anastasiades said.
"This is the first time that Turkey decided to escalate its provocation
and directly carry out a seismic survey in specific blocks, some of
which have been assigned to international companies (blocks 2, 3 and 9),
within the southern part of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic
of Cyprus,” he added.
Anastasiades then requested the Secretary General’s intervention in a
bid to convince the Turkish Government not to go ahead with the
realisation of the intended seismic survey.
Or any other interference and violation of Cyprus` sovereign rights in its EEZ.
Anastasiades also underlined that the UN chief’s success in convincing
Turkey to refrain from carrying out its intentions "will be great
contribution towards decreasing tension and creating conditions of
stability in the already volatile region of the Eastern Mediterranean
and the Middle East”.
(http://incyprus.philenews.com)
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