GIRNE - European parliamentarians of Turkish origin have called on the EU and current EU president Germany to keep the promises they made for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), put an end to the isolation of Turkish Cypriots, ratify the Direct Trade Regulation, open the Ercan Airport to the international direct flights, and acknowledge Turkish as one of the official languages of the EU.
Twenty parliamentarians from several European countries including Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland and Austria, released a joint statement at the end of the "Northern Cyprus Summit of Parliamentarians of Turkish Origin in Europe" in Girne.
In the statement, they stressed, "we request the EU to make the necessary legal arrangements in line with the decisions it made after the referenda in the island on April 26th, 2004."
"Those who supported the Annan Plan were punished by being excluded from the EU while those who rejected the plan were awarded with the membership. Although people living in the Northern Cyprus have tried to do their utmost to find a solution to the Cyprus issue, they have been living through some difficulties because of unacceptable injustices," they added.