We will not allow the Republic of Cyprus to be catalyzed by signing a policy, said tonight the President of EDEK Marinos Sizopoulos, adding that we must fight and pass it on to future generations free and democratic.
Speaking at the condemnation of the ongoing occupation and the Turkish provocations in Famagusta, which took place tonight at the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Famagusta in Deryneia, Mr. Sizopoulos said that , not only did it not bring the day of the return of its rightful inhabitants closer, but on the contrary it brings its settlement even closer. "Not only did it not bring the solution closer, but it brought Turkey one step away from legitimizing the bifurcation and implementing its expansion plan."
He spoke of a "rough" political management of the Famagusta issue, saying "we have given Turkey the opportunity to take advantage of the Famagusta issue to lead to continuous retreats. We have abandoned two powerful political and diplomatic weapons, the 1979 Kyprianou-Denktash agreement, which states the priority return of Famagusta regardless of the outcome of the talks, and 550 Security Council Resolution 1984, which calls on Turkey to allow the return of its inhabitants under the auspices of the UN ".
After stating that "Turkey, as a political and military superior, rejects any logical solution", the President of EDEK said that he "systematically promotes, with the tolerance of the circles that caused the crisis in Cyprus, its plan to initially impose the bi-zonal solution." a bi-communal federation to control politically and militarily all of Cyprus, until it creates the conditions for its full integration into Turkey, to control the Eastern Mediterranean, an area of particular geostrategic importance due to the energy resources of the Middle East and North Africa; maritime transport due to the Suez Canal ".
He also noted that "with the discovery of natural gas and the possible passage of natural gas pipelines from Eurasia to Europe, the importance of the Eastern Mediterranean is further enhanced. Turkey's maritime expansion and control of the Eastern Mediterranean will make it a strong regional power on a global scale.
Mr. Sizopoulos said that "today Turkey seeks the abolition of the Republic of Cyprus and the creation of a new state structure that will allow it to achieve its goal."
Referring to the claim for a solution to the Cyprus problem, the President of EDEK said that this solution must be "democratic, functional, without ethnic or religious divisions, without mutilation of the political and human rights of any Cypriot, in the context of the continuation of the Republic of Cyprus as of the UN and the European Union ".
Today, Mr. Sizopoulos continued "under the pretext of Turkey's provocative actions in the Eastern Mediterranean, there is an alleged mobility for talks between Greece and Turkey to resolve the alleged problems, but leaving Cyprus on the sidelines."
Regarding the resumption of talks from the point where they were interrupted in Crans Montana, as some suggest, the President of EDEK said that this "will be another serious tactical mistake. "In essence, we will agree to continue the dialogue in the context that Turkey wants, which will either lead to a solution of Turkish standards, or otherwise our side will bear the responsibility for the impasse."
He added that "the experience of the 44 years of talks so far requires a change of tactics to deal effectively with Turkish expansionist plans and take initiatives that will put Turkey in a difficult political and economic position. "Based on the data that currently exist, the formulation of a unified Cyprus-Greece policy is necessary and necessary and the two countries must focus their efforts on upgrading their geostrategic role in the region."
It must be understood, he said, "that the struggle against Turkish expansion is common. "Cyprus is not the advanced outpost of Hellenism, but the last and if the battle of Cyprus is lost, the battle of Thrace and the Aegean will be lost and the shrinking of Hellenism will be inevitable."
Today, he continued, "we owe those who really care about the future of our homeland to send a clear message that we are not going to accept and legitimize a Turkish-NATO solution, a solution for the implementation of which were the successive conspiracies of the 10-1964 ended in the treacherous coup and the Turkish invasion. "We are not going to legitimize the facts of the invasion and that we will fight for a democratic solution that guarantees all its citizens equal rights and a secure and peaceful future."
In his speech, the President of EDEK said that we will not make "concessions to Turkey in order to facilitate the completion of its plans at the expense of our country." He noted that "under no circumstances will we accept a solution that is unfair and heterogeneous, which will turn Cypriots into second-class European citizens and that we must maintain and strengthen the Republic of Cyprus."
We will not allow, he said, the Republic of Cyprus "to be catalyzed by signing policies. We must fight and pass it on to future generations, again free and democratic, as they envisioned it and for its realization fought to the last breath, famous and anonymous heroes of 1955-59, 1963-64, 1974 ".
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