The possibility of an EU embargo on Turkey has grown

According to Fars News Agency’s International Group, the EU foreign ministers have decided to impose sanctions on Turkey if it continues its provocative actions against Cyprus.

According to the website «Talking GraceAt a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, the European Union (EU) called on EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell to propose sanctions against Turkey in light of Turkey’s unilateral action in Warsaw.

According to the report, EU foreign ministers agreed to take a series of measures against Turkey’s provocative actions against Cyprus. At the end of the meeting, Josep Borrell in a press conference described Turkey’s intervention against European ship traffic as unacceptable.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently said that Cyprus should be recognized as two countries.

“If new talks are to take place on Cyprus, these talks should no longer be between two communities, but between two countries,” Erdogan said.

Erdogan said the status of Turkish Cypriot sovereignty must be confirmed before new talks can begin, adding that the latest informal talks in Geneva last month were fruitless due to the Greek side’s uncompromising stance.

Erdogan said the recent informal UN meeting on Cyprus in Geneva at the end of April was a turning point in the struggle for independence and the future.

He added that a two-state solution would mean the denial of sovereignty, equality, independence and the formation of a Turkish Cypriot government. Neither we nor the Turkish Cypriots are satisfied with such injustice. “We will never allow the rights of Turkish Cypriots to be diverted to energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean.”

Turkey invaded and occupied the northern part of the island of Cyprus in 1974. In that year, the government of Archbishop Makarios, the then President of Cyprus, was overthrown in a military coup, and Turkey deployed its army units in the north of the country, citing its position as one of the guarantors of Cyprus’ sovereignty. This led to the division of the island of Cyprus into northern and southern parts, and in fact Turkish and Greek. Currently, the land ownership crisis is one of the main crises between the two sides.

Even holding several meetings at the UN has so far failed to have an impact on resolving the Cyprus crisis. Another influential dilemma in the negotiations between the two Cypriots goes back to the division of political power. Meanwhile, the two Greek and Turkish sections disagree on how to divide power in parliament and government.

Turkey’s latest talks with Cyprus, mediated by some countries, including Britain, in Geneva, Switzerland, also failed.

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