Ambassadors, accredited to a country, have to respect this country, Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides told CNA, Saturday, adding that they also have to respect UN resolution regarding their host nation.
The Spokesman`s comments came in response to the presence of foreign Ambassadors, who are accredited to the Republic of Cyprus, but have attended lunches in the island`s northern Turkish occupied areas, which were hosted by the self-styled foreign minister of the illegal Turkish Cypriot regime Ozdil Nami.
“The whole issue will be discussed during a meeting of the President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades with Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Monday, with a view to decide concrete measures that will be taken. Diplomatic missions in Cyprus will be informed about these measures,” Christodoulides told CNA, invited to comment on the lunches.
The government does not object to meetings between representatives of the Turkish Cypriot community and foreign diplomats as part of efforts to help make headway towards a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus problem, provided such encounters do not in any way suggest any kind of recognition or upgrading of illegal institutions set up by the regime. However, the government does oppose meetings with so-called officials of the illegal regime.
Nami had hosted in June two lunches attended by Ambassadors accredited to Cyprus, at a hotel in Cyprus` Turkish occupied areas, posting photos of himself and the Ambassadors on social media.
The UN has described the Turkish Cypriot regime, in occupied Cyprus, as “legally invalid” and has called on all states not to facilitate it. Furthermore, it reiterated that it recognises only one state on the island, the Republic of Cyprus. Turkey is the only country which recognises the regime, which the European Court of Human Rights said it is a subordinate local administration to Turkey.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied 37% of its territory.