UN General Assembly
2024

I am committed and I am ready, to sit at the negotiating table today. Not tomorrow. Today. I have clarity of vision for the future of Cyprus, for the future of our children in a reunified, prosperous, viable European state. To Mr. Erdogan – history will judge us. And history is unforgiving in the light it casts on leaders who have an opportunity to deliver peace, and instead choose the path of revisionism and disregard for international law. Those who want to lead, must lead by example. The voice of morality cannot have selective historical amnesia, or selective sensitivity to violations of international law. The aggressor, the violator of international law, cannot be the advocate of legality, nor point the finger to others. On this podium yesterday we heard Mr. Erdogan call for the disregard the UN Charter, the violation of UN Security Council Resolutions, and international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. And my response, the response of the international community is clear: