UN General Assembly
2020

What is even more paradox as regards Mr. Erdogan’s approach is his comment that “we cannot turn a blind eye on the violations of our country and the Turkish Cypriots and the fact that our interests are being ignored”. And I wonder, yet again: Whose interests are being ignored when Turkey’s claims, limit the exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus by 44 per cent at the expense of both Greek and Turkish Cypriots? Whose interests are being ignored when Turkey: Chooses to disregard the convergences reached between the leaders of the two communities both in 2011 and 2015 which provide that: (a) Federal Cyprus will continue being a contracting party to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and; (b) Any revenues accrued from the exploitation of the State’s natural resources will be allocated to the federal government. And I wish to remind that these convergences were never challenged by Turkey or the Turkish Cypriot side.