Republic of Cyprus asks diplomats not to meet Turkish Cypriots — Cyprus Mail

Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus in New York, United States, have asked diplomats and government representatives attending the UN General Assembly to refrain from contacts and meetings with representatives of the Turkish Cypriot community. This was reported by Cyprus Mail, which reviewed a letter sent to the permanent representatives of all UN member states.

The letter states that the Cypriot government received information about the presence in New York of representatives of an entity that the document’s authors called separatist. According to the authors, they are trying to organize meetings to promote their policies and are using the presence of high-ranking officials during the General Assembly session.

References to Security Council resolutions

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the UN asked diplomatic and observer missions not to contact representatives of this entity, citing relevant UN Security Council resolutions. The letter, which bore the seal of Cyprus’ permanent representative to the UN, also criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s speech at the General Assembly.

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The document stated that Erdoğan demonstrated complete disregard for UN Security Council resolutions and the principles of international law. The letter’s authors stressed that Security Council resolutions cannot be applied selectively and that the passage of time does not eliminate the obligation to implement them.

Trilateral meeting not agreed

According to the newspaper’s Greek Cypriot diplomatic sources, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman did not agree to hold a trilateral meeting with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Cyprus Mail contacted Erhürman’s office for comment and was awaiting a response at the time of publication.

The publication describes the letter as another episode of a possible deterioration in relations between the two sides of the island. Earlier, diplomatic sources told the newspaper that Cyprus’ Foreign Ministry had called diplomatic missions in Nicosia and urged them not to attend a briefing by Erhürman’s undersecretary Mehmet Dana. Erhürman himself then said that the world should see this and asked whether such actions build trust.