Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 08-08-22

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[01] OVERSEAS CYPRIOTS - CYPRUS QUESTION - RESOLUTION

[01] OVERSEAS CYPRIOTS - CYPRUS QUESTION - RESOLUTION

This was stated in a resolution adopted here by the overseas Cypriots, in the framework of the22nd Conference of the Central Council of the World Federation for Overseas Cypriots (POMAK) and the International Coordinating Committee Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA), and the 4th Conference of the World Organisation for Young Overseas Cypriots (NEPOMAK).

By the resolution, the overseas Cypriots expressed unreserved support to the struggle carried out by the people of Cyprus for national and physical survival of Cyprus``. They also welcomed the agreements achieved by the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus, and especially, the 25 July 2008 agreement for the beginning of full-fledged negotiations on September 3``, with the aim to reach a mutually accepted solution to the Cyprus problem.

They also expressed hope the agreement achieved between President Christofias and the Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat for a unified and federal Republic of Cyprus with a single sovereignty, a single citizenship and a single international personality, and the progress achieved so far by the Working Groups and Technical Committees, ``to create the conditions for an auspicious outcome on the direct talks``.

As it pointed out in the resolution, ``Turkey is obliged, by its EU course, to recognize the Republic of Cyprus, to implement the EU Customs Union Agreement and to set a timeframe for the withdrawal from Cyprus of the Turkey`s troops and the settlers``.

Cypriots of the Diaspora expressed support to the Greek Cypriots decision to reject the UN-proposed solution plan (the Annan plan) in April 2004. They also declared their will and insistence to support President Christofias, the National Council, and the Cyprus political leadership, and called them to work together, ``with the maximum unity, in order to achieve, under the UN auspices, an agreed, just, viable and functional solution, without strict timeframes and arbitration``.

The resolution also refers to the principles, upon which a solution should be based.

According to the resolution, ``the solution of the Cyprus problem should end the Turkish military occupation, remove the Turkish settlers, respect and guarantee the basic freedoms and human rights for all the legitimate citizens of Cyprus, implement the EU and international law principles for all the Cypriots. It should also be based on the UN resolutions for Cyprus, the High Level Agreements of 1977 and 1979, between the two communities.

In addition, the solution should guarantee the unity, sovereignty, and independence of Cyprus, and provide the full demilitarization of the island. A solution that provides for a federal Republic of Cyprus without foreign armies and any rights of intervention, with a single international personality, a single sovereignty and a single citizenship``. Finally, the solution should provide ``effective international guarantees for its implementation``.

By the resolution, the overseas Cypriots condemned the appeals by a small number of Greek Cypriots to the so called compensation committee created by the illegal Turkish Cypriot regime in the Turkish occupied areas. The Cyprus government deems that the so called committee for compensation and restoration of the Greek Cypriot property set up by the puppet regime in Cyprus Turkish occupied areas consists an illegal mechanism, which provides compensations and not a full recovery of the properties and residences of the Greek Cypriot displaced persons.

Finally, the resolution welcomes the adoption of Confidence Building Measures, like the opening of Ledra Street`s crossing point, the cooperation agreements in the fields of environment, cultural heritage, crisis management, and crime. At the same time, it calls on for the adoption of more measures, like ``the return of Famagusta, under Turkish occupation since 1974, to its lawful inhabitants``.

On July 25 Christofias and Talat decided to start full-fledged negotiations on September 3, with the aim to reach a ``mutually accepted solution to the Cyprus problem which will safeguard the fundamental and legitimate rights and interests of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots``.

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