ANKARA - "Blockade on Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) should be lifted to make the Turkish ports and airports opened to Greek Cypriots. Keeping the promises is a European value," Turkish Justice Minister & Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Tuesday after Council of Ministers meeting.
When a journalist recalled that the EU Progress Report was announced, and that 1 month period was given to Turkey, Cicek said, "our position and decisiveness on Cyprus is very clear. If they want our ports and airports opened to Greek Cypriots ships or planes, blockade on TRNC should be lifted. Promises should be kept. If we mention European values, keeping the promises is one of them. There is not much we can do about it. Besides, continuously bringing the topic in front of Turkey or Turkey's EU process in order to block this process will make the issue unsolvable."