Month: July 2021

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted on Thursday the resolution for the renewal of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Resolution 2587 renews UNFICYP’s mandate for six more months until the 31st of January 2022.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the unanimous adoption of the resolution noting that in the resolution the UN Security Council reaffirms its Presidential Statement of the 23rd of July 2021 regarding the Turkish illegal actions in Varosha and condemns the Turkish President`s and the Turkish Cypriot leader`s statements on the 20th of July 2021, calling for the immediate reversal of all illegal actions that have taken place since October 2020 while reaffirming the relevant resolutions, with special reference to resolutions 550 (1984) and 789 (1992).

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Extremely high temperatures will continue to affect the island on Friday, according to the Cyprus Meteorological Service which issued a yellow warning on Thursday.

The warning comes into effect from 2100 local time Thursday until 1700 Friday.

Tonight the minimum temperature will drop to around 27 degrees on the southeast and east coasts. Tomorrow the maximum temperature will rise to around 41 degrees inland and around 33 in the higher mountains.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Ministers of Defence of Cyprus and Slovakia held a meeting on Thursday in Nicosia during which they discussed

bilateral relations in the field of defence and security, the continuing tension in the Eastern Mediterranean region as well as the recent developments in Cyprus and the European Union.

Cypriot Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides and his Slovak counterpart Jaroslav Nad, who is paying an official visit to Cyprus,

also signed a Memorandum of Understanding which aims to establish general principles and procedures for the promotion of defence and military cooperation.

In statements after the signing ceremony, the Cypriot Minister expressed Nicosia`s appreciation for Slovakia`s invaluable contribution to the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, UNFICYP, with a Slovak Contingent for 20 consecutive years.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

The goal of denouncing Turkish actions in Varosha has been achieved both at the UN framework and at the level of the European Union, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in a statement after briefing, on Thursday, the representatives of Greek parliamentary parties.

As he said, during the past week there has been intense mobilization by both Greece and Cyprus regarding the illegal Turkish announcements on Varosha, with both sides closely coordinating their actions.

“Our goal was the denouncement of Turkish actions both by the UN and the Security Council framework, and at the level of the European Union.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

In view of the final text of Resolution 2587, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the unanimous renewal of the mandate of the Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus until 31 January 2022, on the basis of Resolution 186 (1964), through the adoption today by the UN Security-Council of the aforementioned Resolution.

A statement by the Foreign Ministry says that the Security Council reaffirms its Presidential Statement of 23 July 2021 on Turkish illegal actions in Varosha, condemns once again the relevant announcements by the President of Turkey and the Leader of the Turkish-Cypriot Community on 20 July 2021, calls for the immediate reversal of illegal actions that took place since October 2020 and reaffirms the relevant resolutions, with special reference to Resolutions 550 (1984) and 789 (1992). “It is also important that, in relation to Varosha, the Resolution reiterates the Sec

Source: Cyprus News Agency

The UN Security Council is expected to adopt Thursday at 10 a.m. (local time) a resolution that will renew the mandate of UNFICYP for another six months, until January 31, 2022.

The final text, which was tacitly accepted and will be adopted by the plenary today, satisfies all the points raised by Nicosia, with the support of 14 of the 15 members of the Security Council (excluding Britain), especially concerning equal distance policy for the failure of the informal meeting 5 + 1, the basis of solution as provided by the resolutions of the Security Council and Varosha.

It should be noted that in the end of its term, UNFICYP mandate will be renewed again for 6 months and not a year as proposed by Britain.

The full text of the final draft Security Council resolution is as follows:

U.N. Security Council is meeting t

Source: Cyprus News Agency