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Turkey slams Med7 joint declaration

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epa07330021 Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (C), Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (3-R), French President Emmanuel Macron (2-R), President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades (R), Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (L), Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa (2-L) and Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell (3-L) during the Southern European Countries Summit at the Filoxenia Conference Centre in Nicosia, Cyprus, 29 January 2019. Migration, Brexit, the Eurozone reform, Europe's energy security, climate change, the Multi-annual Financial Framework 2021-2027, the forthcoming 1st EU - League of Arab States Summit, as well as regional developments including the Cyprus issue will be discussed during the 5th Southern European Countries Summit MED7 (Cyprus, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Malta and Spain) in Nicosia. EPA-EFE/KATIA CHRISTODOULOU

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has slammed a joint declaration adopted at the Fifth Summit of the Southern European Union Countries (Med7) held in Cyprus on Jan. 29 with the participation of France, Italy, Spain, Malta, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus.

The move “provide yet another example of the unfair and unconstructive attitude maintained by certain EU members, in the name of the so-called ‘Union solidarity’,” said a Foreign Ministry statement on Jan. 31.

“The commendation in the declaration of the so-called efforts by the Greek Cypriots regarding the settlement process in Cyprus and the expression of support for their unilateral hydrocarbon activities in the Eastern Mediterranean clearly display the continuation of the Greek Cypriot administration’s abuse of its EU membership,” it added.

“It should not be forgotten that the main reason for the failure of the Cyprus Conference in 2017 was the Greek Cypriot side’s intransigent mentality, considering themselves as the sole owner of the island and the Turkish Cypriots as a minority,” the ministry said, adding that there is no mention of the legitimate rights of the Turkish Cypriots on the natural resources of the island in the joint declaration “proves the persistence of this distorted mentality.”

Turkey remains committed to taking the necessary steps to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the Turkish Cypriots, said the statement.

Via Hurriyett

Topics Med7Turkey