Solidarity Message of the Parties which participated in the 16th International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties

 

Statement of Costas Christodoulides, Head of the International and European Affairs Department of the C.C. of AKEL

13-25 November 2014 in Guayaquil, Ecuador 

AKEL C.C. Press Office, 27th November 2014, Nicosia

 

AKEL welcomes the solidarity being demonstrated by the Communist and Workers Parties with the struggle of the Cypriot people for liberation and the reunification of our homeland, forty years after the Turkish invasion and occupation of Cyprus. On the occasion of the 16th International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties which took place in Ecuador, 39 Parties so far have signed a resolution denouncing the Turkish government’s provocative stand which is questioning the lawful rights of the Republic of Cyprus to the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). They declare that the tolerance the international community is showing towards the continuing illegality taking place for over 40 years in Cyprus is unacceptable and must be ended immediately. With the resolution they demand the solution of the Cyprus problem as soon as possible based on International law and the resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations. They stress that the solution must restore human rights and freedoms within the framework of a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality as defined in the relevant UN resolutions. They demand lasting peace that will really allow the reunification, independence and freedom of the Cypriot people as a whole. This resolution, in addition to the solidarity messages being sent to AKEL, which is the result of the international campaign waged by our Party, both with regards the 40th anniversary since the beginning of the occupation of half of our country by Turkey, as well concerning Turkey’s illegal stance against the inalienable right to use the EEZ of the Republic of Cyprus.

 

The following Resolution was approved:

For the freedom and reunification of Cyprus – 40 years since, the coup d’état and the Turkish invasion and occupation

–           Recalling that forty years ago, in July 1974, e Greek junta and the fascist organisation EOKA B staged a coup d’état against the elected President of the Republic of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios,

–           Recalling that Turkey exploited the coup d’état to materialise its expansionist plans in Cyprus, invading illegally the island where it remains to this day in flagrant violation of international law, by continuing to occupy 37% of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, by violating the human rights and freedoms of the Cypriot people as a whole, by continuing attempts to alter the demographic character of the island through mass settlement policy.

–           Recalling that the double crime of the coup d’état and invasion was planned by the US and NATO aiming to divide Cyprus and impose union of one part to Greece and the other to Turkey, both countries been NATO members,

–           Noting that 40 years on Cyprus continues to live though the consequences of the Turkish invasion and occupation,

–           Reiterating that the Cyprus problem is in essence an international problem of invasion and illegal occupation, in violation of the fundamental principles of international law and the Charter of the UN,

–           Noting that the Cyprus problem has also an internal aspect, of restoring relations between the two communities of Cyprus, the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot,

–           Taking note of the directive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey for the binding of regions of the EEZ of the Republic of Cyprus to conduct research and exercises,

– Reminding the sovereign right of the states to the peaceful       development of their resources.

-Considering that the right of the Republic of Cyprus to the exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is inalienable, as of every other state,

The Communist and Workers’ Parties signing the present Statement:

 

1 Denounce Turkey’s and the Turkish Cypriot leadership’s intransigent policy that perpetuates the Cyprus problem and consolidates the divisionist faits accomplis on the ground,

2 Declare that the tolerance exhibited by the international community to the continuing illegality that is taking place in Cyprus, is unacceptable and must be ended immediately,

3. They demand the solution of the Cyprus problem the soonest possible, on the basis of international law and the UN Security Council resolutions. The solution must restore the human rights and freedoms in the framework of a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality as defined in the relevant UN resolutions.

4 They demand permanent peace that would allow indeed the reunification, independence and freedom of the Cypriot people as a whole,

5 They call for an immediate verification if the fate of the remaining more than 1500 missing persons of the Cypriot tragedy,

6 Denounce the illegal binding of part of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus by Turkey as an unacceptable act that violates the Treaty of the United Nations for the Law of the Sea and Customary International Law,

7 Underline that the unilateral action of the Turkish government increases tension in the region and affects negatively the inter-communal talks for the solution of the Cyprus problem,

8 Call on the international community to demand the revoking of the illegal notice and denounce any act of harassment of the sovereign rights of the Republic of Cyprus within the EEZ,

9 Express their solidarity with and support to the struggle of the Cypriot people for the liberation and reunification of its country. 

 

 

The statement is undersigned by the following Parties:

 

1. Communist Party of Argentina
2. Communist Party of Australia
3. Democratic Progressive Tribune (Bahrain)
4. Workers Party of Belgium
5. Communist Party of Bolivia
6. Communist Party of Brazil
7. Brazilian Communist Party
8. Communist Party of Britain
9. Communist Party of Costa Rica
10. People’s Vanguard Party (Costa Rica)
11. Communist Party of Cuba
12. AKEL (Cyprus)
13. Communist Party of Bohemia-Moravia (CPBM)
14. Communist Party in Denmark
15. Communist Party of Ecuador
16. Communist Party of Finland
17. French Communist Party
18. German Communist Party (DKP)
19. Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
20. Hungarian Workers Party (HWP)
21. Communist Party of India (CPI)
22. Party of the Italian Communists (PdCI)
23. Lebanese Communist Party (LCP)
24. Communist Party of Mexico
25. Communist Party of Norway
26. Palestinian Communist Party
27. People’s Party (Panama)
28. Communist Party of Peru
29. Communist Party of Peru (Patria Roja)
30. Philippine Communist Party
31. Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)
32. Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF)
33. South African Communist Party (SACP)
34. Communist Party of Spain (PCE)
35. Communist Party of Catalunya
36. Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)
37. Syrian Communist Party (Unified)
38. Communist Party (Turkey)
39. Communist Party of Vietnam