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London, Thanasis Gavos
Varos’ opening of the “terrible” way it took place served Ersin Tatar’s election campaign, pseudo-state “Foreign Minister” Kudret Ozersay told the Guardian newspaper.
His comments came in response to a British newspaper reporter who commented that the opening of the Cypriot complex “highlights the deepening divisions in the eastern Mediterranean”, and that Turkey’s involvement sparked “anger”.
Ozersay says “careful” plans had been made to open Varos in a way that was in line with international law and took into account the sensitivities of former residents.
“This is a turning point for Northern Cyprus, especially if Turkish participation in the same way undermines our democratic process again,” he added.
He believes that “a great crisis” is imminent due to the “battle” for gas reserves, without determining whether there will be negotiation or dispute.
“But I fear that a real crisis will ensue if the participation of the Turkish Cypriot authorities is ruled out.” It is in everyone’s interest to respect the democratic will of the Turkish Cypriot people, “Ozersay said.
The Guardian reports that the conditions in which the region was opened suggest a changing political climate in Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean in general, as Turkey “plays its cards in the battle with Cyprus and Greece” for natural resource reserves. .
She comments that the opening of the Varosia waterfront was a “trick” that helped the Ankara elite win the rigged elections.
He adds that with the “bellicose and lively” Erdogan stepping up efforts to redefine the status quo in the region, the result in the occupied territories “has assumed a new international importance” and Cyprus “is emerging more and more rapidly in the focus of a new and potentially dangerous. ‘
