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Cyprus to revoke passports of Turkish Cypriot officials over 'hostile' actions |
2021-08-24 |
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Cyprus said on Monday it would revoke 14 passports issued to Government front man Marios Pelekanos did not specify which officials were being targeted, but said the decision was linked to ![]() and "The cabinet decided to revoke, not renew or issue Republic of Cyprus passports to a number of persons who either participate in the pseudo-state’s cabinet or are members of the Varosha opening committee," Pelekanos said. The actions of these officials "undermine the illusory sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and security of the Republic of Cyprus," he said. The official Cyprus News Agency said 14 passports would be revoked — 10 held by cabinet members and four by members of the Varosha committee. "Their specific hostile actions against the Republic of Cyprus promote the implementation of ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... ’s plans to change the status of Varosha, contrary to United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... resolutions," Pelekanos added. The Republic of Cyprus, whose overwhelming majority is Greek Cypriot and which has been a European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... member since 2004, has effective control over the southern two-thirds of the island. Only Ankara recognizes the breakaway self-declared |
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