“The United Nations only signs such agreements with states on whose sovereign territory it deploys its peacekeeping missions,” the statement said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus gave a response to the reports in the Turkish Cypriot press, regarding the pseudo-state’s “ultimatum” to UNFICYP, as reported by ERT.
The announcement was issued following reports in the Turkish Cypriot media, which reported that the pseudo-state has given a one-month deadline to the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus, asking it to either recognize it or withdraw.
In the announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, the following is highlighted:
The mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus is determined by the Cyprus-related Resolutions of the UN Security Council. In these the Government of the Republic of Cyprus gives its consent to the development and presence of the Peacekeeping Force on its territory.
In this context, the Republic of Cyprus, as the only state in Cyprus, has concluded an Agreement with the UN since 1964, which regulates the status of the Peacekeeping Force.
The United Nations only signs such agreements with states on whose sovereign territory it deploys its peacekeeping missions.
Besides, the territory of the dead zone is not a neutral area, but territory granted by the Republic of Cyprus to the Peacekeeping Force to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire and to facilitate the exercise of the terms of its mandate.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taking the necessary actions and instructions to the Peacekeeping Force, from which it expects the appropriate reaction.
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