It is time that the UN and the State Department “wise up” over Turkey`s role in Cyprus, Philip Christopher, President of the International Co-ordinating Committee “Justice for Cyprus” (PSEKA) says.

In an article published in the Huffington Post, Christopher says that the UN and the State Department should remind themselves over the “outrageous statements and anti-western actions” of  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the clear support Turkey is giving to ISIL and other Islamic terrorists.

He notes moreover that America and Israel`s long term interests dictate standing by Cyprus, a US ally, and to clearly show this support with deeds not just words.

“It is clear that UN and State Department pressure on Cyprus and Turkey`s incursion in Cyprus` EEZ has never been about Turkish-Cypriot gas rights” the President of PSEKA notes.

Christopher wonders in his article if UN and State Department officials actually believe Erdogan`s claims that he effectively owns any hydrocarbons found in another Mediterranean country`s Exclusive Economic Zones.

“Don`t the UN and our US officials remember that sharing gas with Cyprus` Turkish-Cypriot community was taken care of generously a few years ago when the then President of Cyprus and the leader of the Turkish-Cypriot community made an agreement on the distribution of federal revenue” he goes on.

Christopher says finally that in the 1990s, America has sent billions of dollars worth of arms to Turkey. “Then our officials wised up and stopped it when they saw our arms being pointed at our western allies. We saw those same guns misused again recently as they remained unfired in Turkish hands as they watched ISIL slaughter innocent people” he concludes.