Thursday, February 24, 2005

TURKISH VETO IN EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS

"TURKISH VETO IN EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS
Larnaca, 24 February 2005 (14:05 UTC+2)

Cypriot Republic President Tassos Papadopoulos stated upon his arrival at Larnaca International Airport from Brussels that Cyprus has not requested and not received any information when asked to comment on the meeting of the Prime Ministers of Britain and Turkey.

Mr. Papadopoulos stated that Turkey exercises its veto power in a total of 8 organizations blocking Cyprus' participation while he confirmed that armaments from Turkey have entered the Turkish occupied northern part of Cyprus in the past few days in spite of the fact that Mehmet Ali Talat denies that."

TURKISH VETO IN EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS