Remarks by the Government Spokesman on
Turkey’s
Note Verbale to the UN Secretary
General
The Government considers as
unacceptable and condemns unequivocally Turkey’s action to send a Note Verbale
to the Secretary General of the United Nations Organization with regard to the
so-called agreement for the delineation of a continental shelf between Turkey
and the pseudo state (the illegal, secessionist regime established by Turkey in
the area of the Republic of Cyprus under military occupation by Turkey since
1974), the Government Spokesman, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, said today.
In his remarks to reporters, at the
Presidential Palace, Mr Christodoulides said:
“The Note Verbale, dated 10 April 2014,
to the Secretary General of the United Nations, which a press report today
refers to, concerns the submission of the geographical coordinates of what
Turkey considers to be its own continental shelf and the continental shelf of
the pseudo state, in the maritime area between the northern coast of the
Republic of Cyprus and Turkey.
The Note Verbale refers to the
so-called ‘Agreement of Delineation’ between Turkey and the pseudo state, which
was ratified by Turkey through Law 6344, dated 29 June 2012. That is to say, it
has to do with the so-called ‘agreement of delineation of continental shelf’
that was signed in New York between Turkey and the secessionist entity on 21
September 2011.
The ‘agreement’ does not have any legal
validity in the international legal order and it is therefore legally
nonexistent and invalid.
Nevertheless, it is worth noting the
moment in time that Turkey has chosen to send the Note Verbale in question to
the Secretary General of the United Nations.
The Government considers this action
unacceptable and condemns it unequivocally. This is an action that also takes
place in the midst of negotiations for the solution of the Cyprus problem,
which, undoubtedly, are affected in a negative way.
The issue of the submission of this
illegal ‘agreement’ by Turkey to the United Nations is been investigated by the
Permanent Mission of the Republic in New York, and the Government is taking all
the necessary actions in order to prevent the creation of new, illegal fait
accomplis.
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