Cyprus tension: TRNC forces lift UN vehicles with bulldozer

There was tension between UN Peacekeeping Force soldiers and TRNC security forces today.

UN Peacekeeping Force soldiers placed concrete blocks in the area where the project will start from early morning to avoid the Pile-Yiğitler Road Project. The UN Peacekeeping Force soldiers, who wanted to block the authorities from the Turkish side and their road construction vehicles, also parked their vehicles on the TRNC territory.

TRNC Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu stated that there will be no going back on the Pile-Yiğitler Highway Project, which was put in place to provide easy access from TRNC to the village of Pile on the Green Line controlled by the UN.

Ertuğruloğlu, in his written statement, stated that the Pile-Yiğitler Yolu Project was prepared for highly humanitarian purposes and without ulterior motives: “This project has been carried out to make life easier for the Turkish Cypriot people, who were left at the mercy of the Greek Cypriots and the British bases”. he used the phrase.

Emphasizing that TRNC has no intention of stealing land from any side, Ertuğruloğlu said, “There will be no going back from the Pile-Yiğitler Yolu Project. This project is a completely humanitarian project and contains no ulterior motives. We are facing a conspiracy. The UN should not try to hinder us. We will do it this way. It’s over. We will not back down in our resolve.” he performed the assessment of it.

Ertuğruloğlu stressed that the UN Peacekeeping Force is not a friendly organization of Turkey and stated that they will not be deceived as TRNC.

EXPLANATION OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGNERS TRNC

In a written statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), it was stated that the construction of the Pile-Yiğitler road started yesterday to facilitate access for Turkish Cypriots living in the village. from Pile to TRNC lands and their lands in Pile.

Underlining that this road construction project is for a purely humanitarian purpose, the statement said: “Despite the situation, our police and road construction team, who were present in the region to ensure security in the region, intervened. physically in TRNC territory, and attempts were made to prevent road construction. The attitude of the UN during this incident is unacceptable.” statement was included.

“THE ATTITUDE OF THE SOLDIERS AND UN PERSONNEL CAUSED THE TENSION”

Recalling allegations that TRNC security forces attacked UNHCR soldiers and United Nations (UN) vehicles, the statement noted the following:

* “The UNFICYP statement and similar statements by some countries misrepresent the situation and state that UN soldiers and vehicles are being attacked. These claims are unfounded. We have only the police in the field and the duty of our police in the TRNC territory is to ensure the safety of the civilian team carrying out the road works. The tension in the region was caused by the attitude of the UN soldiers and personnel, and the physical intervention and obstruction of our team that continues the construction of the road and the police that ensured the safety of this team.”

Emphasizing that the Pile-Yiğitler road project has a history of 25 years, the statement said: “Despite the constructive attitude of the Turkish Cypriot side towards the Pile-Yiğitler road project and all the calls made in this direction, no have taken action. to facilitate the daily lives of our citizens living in Pile and our goodwill has not been reciprocated. . For this reason, the Turkish Cypriot side, which is the equal partner of the island, has started the necessary work to complete the Pile – Yigitler road by informing UNHCR. the evaluation was done.

“THE ATTITUDE OF THE UNBG ALSO DAMAGES THE REPUTATION AND TRUST OF THE UN”

Furthermore, despite all the objections and protests from the Turkish Cypriot side, the construction of the Larnaca-Dhekelia-Ayia Napa highway and the construction of the Pile-Voroklini highway, built by the Greeks in 1996 through the deliberate expropriation of land Turkish, and the construction of the Pile-Voroklini highway, which was built by the Greeks in 2004, was kept quiet. The biased and unacceptable attitude of the UN towards the Turkish Cypriot side today not only makes the existence of the UN in our country questionable, but also damages the credibility and credibility of the United Nations.” statements were included.

In the statement calling for an equal distance attitude towards the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriots from the UN, our expectation from the UN, continuing its activities and the goodwill of the Turkish Cypriot side in the TRNC, is to review this biased attitude and interfere physically and prevent construction work on our Pile-Yiğitler highway. It is aimed at immediately stopping its efforts and adopting an attitude of equal distance with the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriots in its speech and actions. (AA)