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Decisions to be implemented if buffer zone situation not restored says Christodoulides

by CNA29 November 2023

The United Nations has informed us that the situation in the buffer zone, in Agios Dometios, will be restored, but if not, we have taken some decisions, which will be implemented, but we will not make them public, the Greek Cypriot Leader Nikos Christodoulides has said.
He was speaking on the evening of 28 November, prior to a book presentation held at the European University in Nicosia.
Referring to the incident from the Turkish side in Agios Dometios, where the Buffer Zone was violated, Christodoulides said that this is a very serious violation.
“The United Nations has informed us that the state of affairs will be restored. If it is not restored, we have already taken some decisions that will be implemented, decisions which will not be made public. But, I repeat, the UN has informed us that the situation will be restored. This is an incident that we are neither downplaying nor underestimating and decisions have been taken, which will be implemented if the situation is not restored,” he said.
“You understand that the current state of affairs, the passage of time, the creation of new fait accompli, such as the ones we are experiencing, do not help to resolve the Cyprus problem. So, from our side, it is our own country under occupation, we will do everything possible to create conditions for the resumption of talks.”he said.
Asked whether the lifting of the fait accompli is a precondition for the resumption of the dialogue, the President of the Republic said that “the lifting of the fait accompli is a precondition for the non-implementation of decisions taken by the Republic of Cyprus, as I mentioned before”.
(Source: CNA)

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