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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-12-30
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[01] BRITAIN - CYPRUS - TURKEY
[01] BRITAIN - CYPRUS - TURKEY
Britain has said that it remains committed to a just, comprehensive and
durable solution in Cyprus, adding that London has called on Ankara to
support the UN process and to work towards a political settlement. A
Foreign Office senior official, replying to a protest letter by the
World Organisation for Young Overseas Cypriots, also said that
partition in Cyprus is not an option for the UK and reiterated Londons
wish to build and strengthen relations with Nicosia.
We remain committed to supporting the UNs Good Offices mission in
Cyprus and implementation of the 8 July Agreement to achieve a just,
comprehensive and durable solution, the letter said, stressing that out
long-standing and explicit policy of non-recognition of the so-called
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus remains. The protest letter was
sent in response to a strategic partnership agreement Britain has
signed with Turkey, which the Organisation says signals a shameful
shift in British foreign policy towards Cyprus with a view to upgrade
the illegal Turkish Cypriot regime in Turkish occupied Cyprus.
Nothing in the Strategic Partnership document should be interpreted as
an attempt to change the status of northern Cyprus or promote
partition, the Foreign Office said in its reply letter, pointing out
that only a comprehensive settlement can guarantee justice for the
people of Cyprus. Equally the division of the island damages the
interests of all those with a stake in the regions peace and
prosperity. As such, for the UK, partition is not an option, the letter
adds.
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