Deputy Prime Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that the news article published in the Greek Cypriot Daily Fileleftheros on 5 September, blaming Turkish Peace Forces for the bomb event at St. Mamas Church in Guzelyurt, was totally unrealistic and imaginary.

The written statement issued yesterday (7 September) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pointed out that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Serdar Denktas condemned the bomb attack by making an official statement and also by giving a statement to Greek Cypriot Daily Politis against the allegations by Fileleftheros Daily (published in South Cyprus) that the attack at St. Mamas Church was not condemned by Serdar Denktas.

Deputy Prime Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ statement is as follows:

"Fileleftheros Daily in South Cyprus, in its news article published on 5 September not only claimed that the personnel of Turkish Peace Forces were responsible for the bomb event at St. Mamas Church, but also alleged that the said personnel were arrested.

The abovementioned news article is full of unrealistic claims and is far from being true. Fileleftheros daily by claiming that this imaginary news article was based on the news sources in the TRNC, in fact, aims at creating speculative arguements regarding the Turkish troops.

In addition, in contrast with the allegations in Fileleftheros, the event in St. Mamas Church was condemned by our Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Serdar Denktas both in Turkish Cypriot press and in Greek Cypriot press by his official statement and by his statement given to Politis Daily in South Cyprus.