Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN Ambassador Nicholas Emiliou denounced in a letter to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon, new Turkish violations of national airspace of Cyprus and international air traffic rules that occurred between 1 and 31 March 2012. The Permanent Representative expressed the Republic's strong protest calling Turkey to stop these activities immediately.
"Such systematic violations against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cyprus are contrary to international law and international rules of the air and pose a serious threat to international aviation in the region", he notes. Emiliou also stresses that Turkey's actions are especially worrisome, in light of recent military threats by Turkey against Cyprus, related with activities in Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone, as well as threats of high-ranking Turkish officials to annex the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus to Turkey. (AMNA)
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