Cyprus protests Turkey to the UN

Cyprus has protested to the United Nations about Turkey violating it's air space and territorial waters.

The Cyprus Permanent Representative to the UN, Kornelios Korneliou in a protest letter sent to the UN Secretary General accused Turkey of it's continuied infringements of international air traffic regulations and the violations of the national airspace and territorial waters of the Republic of Cyprus and appealed for their immediate cessation.

The Republic of Cyprus reiterates, in this respect, its call for adherence to the principle of sovereignty and non-interference enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations`, Korneliou said in the letter dated 2 April 2018.

Korneliou transmitted two documents detailing the infringements of international air traffic regulations and violations of the national airspace of the Republic of Cyprus by Turkey and the illegal use of closed ports by Turkish warships during the month of February 2018.

Edited from CNA