Tsavousoglou: For 55 years, all the solution plans have been rejected by the Greek Cypriot side

What Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu said

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"Whoever is applauded, the whole world knows that it was the Greek Cypriots who rejected the settlement plans," said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu.

He revealed that he complained to his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken, that the US does not keep balance in the issue of Cyprus and in the Greek-Turkish issue, claiming that Blinken replied that they would keep balance.

In a press conference after his meeting with his American counterpart, Mevlüt Tsavousoglou, referring to the speech of the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to the US Congress, said: "On the issue of Greece and Cyprus, whoever is applauded, let people know, and the UN knows it very well. Until today, for 55 years, all the solution plans have been rejected by the Greek Cypriot side. That fact must be taken into account. "

Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu claimed that "everyone knows who rejected the Annan plan. Everyone knows who overturned the table in Crans Montana. So it does not matter who and where was applauded. Everyone who speaks in the US Congress is applauded standing up and even applauded many times. We saw this when we went to NATO summits. This is a tradition. It can be done".

The Turkish Foreign Minister continued as follows: "Today we told my counterpart that until today in the Cyprus issue and in the Greek-Turkish policies they have always applied a balance but lately they have lost this balance and that they must maintain this balance. He said that they will maintain this balance. The United States and other countries must therefore be neutral and objective in this matter. It must be in favor of the law and the rights. "

Referring to Sweden and Finland, which want to join NATO, Tsavousoglu said that "it is unacceptable for countries that want to join NATO to support terrorist organizations targeting Turkey. "They see the PKK closer to them," he said.

The Turkish minister said that what Turkey wants from the US is the lifting of sanctions. He also said that the United States should stop supporting the PKK / YPG.

"I can tell you that we had a very positive meeting. The answer to the letter about the F-16s is important. It is important for NATO and the US to give F-16s to Turkey. For now, the messages from Congress are positive. Both the US Government and we must continue to take a positive approach and work. "The importance of co-operation with Turkey has been understood," he said.

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