Northern Cyprus minister Taçoy says CTP emboldens Greek Cypriot side

Northern Cyprus Economy and Energy Minister Hasan Taçoy said attempts by Greek Cypriot administration officials to obstruct projects in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus were ugly behaviour that would never come to pass. Taçoy called the request by Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister Kombos for EU officials to block a project supplying natural gas between the TRNC and Türkiye, made through a complaint, unacceptable, describing it as an attitude created by those who do not want to see the realities on the island.

Taçoy said the main reason behind the Greek Cypriot side's courage was CTP's rejection, in the Assembly, of all international agreements with mainland Turkey. He said it was not surprising that they wanted to use the EU in this way, and that the Greek Cypriot administration's main goal on all platforms was to deprive Turkish Cypriots of their fundamental rights and reduce them to a minority.

Taçoy said serious steps toward the future were being taken with major projects, backed by Türkiye, and once again called on the Greek Cypriot side to cooperate.