Northern Cyprus slams EU for bias in Greek Cypriot Council leadership
In a written statement, the TRNC Foreign Ministry said the move highlights the EU’s long-standing “distorted and one-sided” approach to the Cyprus issue, contradicting the union’s stated values. “The systematic exclusion of the Turkish Cypriot people is not only a political injustice but also a clear contradiction of the European Union’s own fundamental values,” the statement read.
The ministry emphasized that the Republic of Cyprus, established in 1960 as a partnership between Turkish and Greek Cypriots, lost its constitutional balance after attacks on Turkish Cypriots in December 1963, leaving the internationally recognized administration effectively representing only Greek Cypriots. Despite this, the EU admitted the Greek Cypriot Administration as a member in 2004, which the ministry argued made the union a party to the dispute rather than a neutral mediator.
The TRNC stressed that Turkish Cypriots have consistently shown goodwill toward a settlement, noting that sovereign equality and equal international status must be central to any solution. It warned that the EU will struggle to gain credibility among Turkish Cypriots unless it acknowledges past errors and abandons alignment with maximalist Greek Cypriot positions.
The Greek Cypriot Administration began its six-month EU presidency on Jan. 1 and will be succeeded by Ireland on July 1.
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