ANKARA - The Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Turkey did not accept decision taken related with Cyprus which took place in the final statement of the European Union (EU) Copenhagen summit in legal and political respect.
A statement of the Foreign Ministry said that it was decided at the end of the summit that took place on December 12 and 13 that ''Cyprus'' would be accepted as EU member upon the unilateral application of the Greek Cypriot administration.
The statement noted that under that decision, de facto membership of only the Greek Cypriot administration was in question.
Reminding that the 1959-60 agreements which established Republic of Cyprus gave Turkey, Greece and Britain guarantorship duty, the statement said, ''however, a single state, government and parliament authorized to represent whole of the island does not exist since the demolition of partnership state by the Greek Cypriots by gun force in 1963.''
The statement pointed out that there were two separate nations, two separate democratic systems, two separate legal orders and two separate states in Cyprus today.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) continued to exist as a sovereign state, the statement said.
The statement noted that Turkey supported efforts to find a permanent and fair solution to Cyprus issue as a part of the good will mission of the United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Direct talks process that continued between the two sides began as a result of initiatives of TRNC President Rauf Denktas, the statement pointed out.
Foreign Ministry noted that Denktas voiced that he was ready to negotiate the proposals of U.N. Secretary General and that this approach was supported by Turkey.
''The Turkish side confirmed to De Soto during the negotiations carried out on the sidelines of EU Copenhagen summit that it was ready to negotiate the proposals. In return to that De Soto could not confirm to the Turkish side that the Greek Cypriot side has accepted the proposals of U.N. Secretary General. Therefore the Turkish side is not liable for not reaching a solution according to these proposals,'' he said.
''The EU does not have the right to take unilateral decisions about the future of Cyprus by violating international agreements and to create international obligations,'' Ministry said stressing that Turkey does not accept the decision of Copenhagen Summit's final declaration about Cyprus in respect of political and legal respects and that this issue has been conveyed to EU member countries and the EU Commission.
It was also noted that Turkey wishes finding a political agreement which ensures continuation of peace and existing guarantees in Cyprus, which keeps Turkish-Greek balance, which accepts sovereignty and equality of both sides in Cyprus and formation of a new parthership based on compromise, and that Turkey supports negotiation of the proposals of Annan.