“The European Union does not recognize the so-called “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” and is bound by the decisions of the OHE Security Council”, the European Commission emphasizes in “the most explicit and categorical way”, in response to a question submitted by its MEP ND and today the president of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, Manolis K. Kefalogiannis, according to a relevant announcement.

In the response, it is noted that “the Commission remains fully committed to the overall settlement of the Cyprus issue within the framework of the UN, in accordance with the decisions of the Security Council and the principles on which the EU and the EU acquis are based”.

This is “a resounding response-a rap to the Turkish positions for a “two-state” solution and to Ersin Tatar, who from New York, declared that he will not take a step back from “the policy of two states with sovereign equality and an equal international status” “, according to the announcement.

Mr. Kefalogiannis, “on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s illegal military invasion of Cyprus which resulted in the continued illegal occupation of the northern part of Cyprus” submitted a question to the European Commission. He emphasized that “the Republic of Cyprus, a European state that is a full member of the European Union, remains “crippled” for 50 years” and noted that “Cyprus and Greece are unwaveringly in favor of the resumption of the dialogue under the auspices of the UN, in order to find a sustainable and fair solution to the Cyprus problem for the reunification of the Island based on the decisions of the Security Council in the context of a bizonal, bicommunal federation in contrast to Turkey’s expressed view of a “two-state” solution, which will constitute the essential division of Cyprus”.

Finally, he asked the European Commission “to take all the necessary actions to restart a meaningful dialogue on the basis of the decisions of the UN and the Community acquis for the fair resolution of the Cyprus issue and the reunification of the island”.