In a statement concerning the 51th anniversary of the Turkish military invasion in Cyprus, which led to the partition of the island, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), stresses out the following:
"51 years have passed since the crime against the Cypriot people, the Turkish invasion that resulted in thousands of dead, missing and displaced people and the occupation of 37% of Cyprus, which continues to this day.
"51 years have passed since the crime against the Cypriot people, the Turkish invasion that resulted in thousands of dead, missing and displaced people and the occupation of 37% of Cyprus, which continues to this day.
The necessary alibi for the invasion of the Turkish army (member of NATO alliance) had been provided a few days earlier by the also NATO-supported Greek Junta, with the coup it orchestrated against the Makarios government, while the US and NATO itself gave blatant cover to the invasion with their stance. This historical truth refutes the narratives according to which this type of alliance can provide assurance of the sovereign rights of any people.
This is what the Cypriot people are experiencing today, as Cyprus’ accession to the EU, the strengthening of relations with NATO, the strategic alliances with the US and the murderous state of Israel, not only do they not have the beneficial effect on the search for a “fair” solution to the Cyprus problem that the governments in Greece and Cyprus promised, but, on the contrary, they constitute a catalyst for dangerous arrangements, on the ground of the island’s upgrading in the Euro-Atlantic planning, the haggling over EU-Turkey relations and the Greek-Turkish ones, but also overall of dangerous military developments in the region.
As in Greece - with the recent example of the maritime area between Crete and Libya - so in Cyprus, the unfounded expectations that were cultivated for the island's role as an energy hub in the region and the guarantee that the involvement of large energy giants from the US and elsewhere would provide for the security of its people have been completely refuted.
Against the same backdrop, the role of the pseudo-state in Turkey's strategy is being upgraded and it is being used as a military base and a means of claiming energy resources in the region, and attempts are being made to pave the way for "direct trade, flights and contacts" of other states with the pseudo-state. With the complicity of the Euro-Atlantic factor, the “two constituent states” plan is being promoted, which is a dichotomous solution, like the one rejected by the Cypriot people in the referendum on the “Annan plan”, while the possibility of the state partition of Cyprus, on which Turkey insists, is growing.
The most dangerous element is that, due to the responsibility of the above factors, the treatment of the Cyprus problem as an international problem of invasion and occupation has weakened. This unacceptable and deadlocked framework of discussion was also confirmed at the recent informal five-party meeting in New York.
What is required today is the development of the coordinated workers' and people's struggle, of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, against the imperialist plans for the island, for the reunification of Cyprus and its people, to raise a wall of resistance to the nationalism and cosmopolitanism of capital, for an independent and united Cyprus, that is, one and not two states, with one and only sovereignty, one citizenship and international personality, a common homeland of Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, Maronites, Armenians and Latins, without occupying and any kind of foreign troops and bases, without guarantors and protectors, with the people dominant."
This is what the Cypriot people are experiencing today, as Cyprus’ accession to the EU, the strengthening of relations with NATO, the strategic alliances with the US and the murderous state of Israel, not only do they not have the beneficial effect on the search for a “fair” solution to the Cyprus problem that the governments in Greece and Cyprus promised, but, on the contrary, they constitute a catalyst for dangerous arrangements, on the ground of the island’s upgrading in the Euro-Atlantic planning, the haggling over EU-Turkey relations and the Greek-Turkish ones, but also overall of dangerous military developments in the region.
As in Greece - with the recent example of the maritime area between Crete and Libya - so in Cyprus, the unfounded expectations that were cultivated for the island's role as an energy hub in the region and the guarantee that the involvement of large energy giants from the US and elsewhere would provide for the security of its people have been completely refuted.
Against the same backdrop, the role of the pseudo-state in Turkey's strategy is being upgraded and it is being used as a military base and a means of claiming energy resources in the region, and attempts are being made to pave the way for "direct trade, flights and contacts" of other states with the pseudo-state. With the complicity of the Euro-Atlantic factor, the “two constituent states” plan is being promoted, which is a dichotomous solution, like the one rejected by the Cypriot people in the referendum on the “Annan plan”, while the possibility of the state partition of Cyprus, on which Turkey insists, is growing.
The most dangerous element is that, due to the responsibility of the above factors, the treatment of the Cyprus problem as an international problem of invasion and occupation has weakened. This unacceptable and deadlocked framework of discussion was also confirmed at the recent informal five-party meeting in New York.
What is required today is the development of the coordinated workers' and people's struggle, of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, against the imperialist plans for the island, for the reunification of Cyprus and its people, to raise a wall of resistance to the nationalism and cosmopolitanism of capital, for an independent and united Cyprus, that is, one and not two states, with one and only sovereignty, one citizenship and international personality, a common homeland of Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, Maronites, Armenians and Latins, without occupying and any kind of foreign troops and bases, without guarantors and protectors, with the people dominant."