South Cyprus Government kick against Turkish announcement of new consulate in Famagusta, north Cyprus

The government of south Cyprus and it's main political parties on Monday condemned Ankara’s plans to open a Turkish consulate in Famagusta in the north as announced by its Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during his visit to the island, which began on Sunday.

Cavusoglu, who was also touring the fenced-off area of Varosha on Monday afternoon, told a gathering in Yialousa, in the Karpas peninsula that it would be “our 243th mission in the world”.

No one will have the power to break the Turkish Cypriot bond with the motherland, Cavusoglu also tweeted later in reference to the move.

Responding, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou tweeted on Monday morning that consulates were opened only on the basis of international law.