Illegal Bayrak television broadcast today (20.07.12) the speech delivered by Turkish Cypriot Community leader Dervis Eroglu during the celebrations for the anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the occupied part of Lefkosia.

Eroglu said that the first priority of the “TRNC”, breakaway regime in the occupied area of Cyprus, is the struggle against the so-called embargoes. “In the forthcoming period we will carry the struggle against these injustices to a next stage”, he added.

He recalled that he was “prime minister” in 2003 when the restrictions put by the occupation regime on the freedom of movement in Cyprus were partially lifted. “Our aim was to show that the two peoples in Cyprus could live side by side”, he said and referred to the Annan Plan alleging that the rejection of the plan by the Greek Cypriots showed clearly the reality in Cyprus. He admitted, though, that he and his party opposed  the plan, because they had serious doubts as regards the functionality of the plan and as to whether the plan could preserve peace on the island. He alleged that the international community should see at last what kind of solution the Greek Cypriots want if they rejected a plan which was in their favour.

Calling on the United Nations, Eroglu argued that the UN should evaluate publicly the stance of the Greek Cypriot side during the negotiations and announce with courage and sincerely why and where the negotiations came to a deadlock. He claimed that the UN will serve the establishment of lasting peace in Cyprus, if the realities are told. “Say courageously to the world what you are saying to us in our bilateral meetings, explain why the multilateral conference was not convened”, he said.

Eroglu asked the EU why it did not keep the promises it gave to the Turkish Cypriots and alleged that they are “exerting maximum efforts to keep at the lowest level the damage”, which the EU term presidency of the Republic of Cyprus will allegedly cause to the negotiations. “However, I have to stress once more that this situation makes the establishment of a just and lasting peace in Cyprus more difficult”, he argued.

Alleging that on 1 July 2012 the EU doubled the so-called mistake it committed eight years ago, Eroglu claimed: “To what degree the so-called presidency of a half-state, a government which had as its target to murder its Turkish Cypriot citizens with the violence of guns, is in accord with the dreams and the ideals which established the European Union?”

Eroglu argued that no one could implement plans which will annihilate the Turkish Cypriots and demand from them to abandon their own