Move in Varosha provocative and inconsistent with UNSC resolutions, Pompeo says

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the move in Varosha was provocative and inconsistent with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
 
According to the US State Department`s Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus "Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke with Republic of Cyprus (ROC) Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides today.  Secretary Pompeo and Foreign Minister Christodoulides discussed actions taken by the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” to reopen part of the fenced-off area of Varosha". 

She said that the Secretary "expressed deep concern and noted such a move was provocative and inconsistent with UN Security Council Resolutions 550 and 789 and not conducive to a return to settlement talks". 

"The Secretary urges a reversal of the re-opening and welcomed the UN Security Council’s session and presidential statement on Var

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