Cyprus has submitted a letter to the United Nations protesting regular violations of airspace and waters by Turkey, which does the same against Greece and gets away with it with no denunciations from the international community.
In the letter, dated 31 October but just now revealed, Cyprus’ permanent representative to the UN, Kornelios Korneliou, attached two documents detailing the infringements and the illegal use of closed ports by Turkish warships during September.
Turkish commercial aircraft systematically use the illegal airport of Tymbou (Ercan), Korneliou noted, saying that the occupying forces on the northern third of the island unlawfully seized in a 1974 invasion illegally issued three notices to airmen relating to exercises conducted by the Turkish Air Force in September 2017, the Cyprus Mail said.
“Turkey’s actions are clearly aimed at undermining the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus, bolstering the continuing de facto division and upgrading the secessionist entity’s status by claiming a purported airspace over the occupied territory of the Republic,” he said.
The letter claimed that Turkey continues to systematically harass civilian and military aircraft within the Nicosia flight information region (FIR) via radio calls.
“Turkey’s policy of persistently breaching international law and defying international rules and regulations puts the safety of international civil aviation at risk, has a negative impact on the stability of the region, and causes difficulties for air traffic over Cyprus,” the letter said. There was no immediate indication whether the UN would do anything or even say anything as it usually stays out of such matters.
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Source: thenationalherald.com
