A Swedish MEP says things by their true name The EU disappoints Cyprus It is time to begin to exert pressure on Turkey to withdraw its troops, to remove the illegal occupation and to recognize Cyprus as a state, says in an article in the Swedish MEP Cecilia Gouikstrom entitled The EU disappoints Cyprus. According to an official announcement Article Mrs Gouikstrom displayed in high traffic Göteborgsposten Swedish newspaper on July 20, 2014, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. In her article Ms Gouikstrom refer to the tragic events of the invasion and its results. Most of us inhabitants of the Nordic swimming at the beautiful beaches of the island we are assured our ignorance about the capital Nicosia remains divided by barbed wire and barriers of rusty sheet metal, he says. According to the Sudan MEP, Liberal Peoples Party what Turkey is trying to present it as an internal problem between the G / C and T / n, it is actually an ongoing illegal Turkish occupation. In an attempt to change the demographic character and distort the demographic data on the island, Turkey applies a systematic plan settlements in the occupied northern part of the island, he continues. Today, he says, living in the occupied part of 160,000 Turkish settlers, which is much more than the 85,000 that are indigenous T / C still living there. Moreover, he adds, is estimated to be stationed there over 43,000 Turkish soldiers. For each T / C ratio of two Turks in the occupied area. Apart from the loss of so many lives, one of the most tragic consequences of the Turkish invasion and occupation that followed, is the intentional systematic destruction of cultural and religious heritage in the occupied territories, he writes, noting that I have seen this with the same my eyes. Hundreds of historical and religious monuments, such as churches, cemeteries and archaeological sites destroyed, desecrated or looted. According to Ms Gouikstrom an anomaly, the EU created a big peace project which is based on the rest of collaboration, has a Member State of which the third of the territory under military occupation and where required to be parked 860 people in military peacekeeping UN force, along the so-called Green Line, to maintain stability. The Swedish MEP expresses the position that the solution of the Cyprus problem should be was first on the agenda of European foreign policy, both strategic and humanitarian reasons. I expect that the new EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, who will succeed Catherine Ashton autumn, will play a much more active role in negotiations between the President of Cyprus and the representative of M / k , he said. With regard to its own Government, states that could and should be done and in terms of Sweden. We have for a long time, supplement, good relations with Turkey and we are one of the countries that support further integration with the EU. It is time to begin to put pressure on them to withdraw their troops, to remove the illegal occupation and to recognize Cyprus as a state, he says. Only then, he writes, will be able to ensure peace and stability on the island and to create a common future for the G / C and T / C . Meanwhile, Mrs Gouikstrom notes that peace requires not only the absence of war, but also the respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Its time to start saying what we need to hear Turkey instead wishing to listen, he says. He added that it is evident that while democratic solution is not reached, it will be closed the door to EU membership, adding that the barricades and troops for UN peacekeeping have no place in the EU today.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:32:46 +0000
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