TRNC New York Representative Kemal Gokeri called upon the Greek Cypriot administration to “abandon it destructive policies and contribute to the confidence building measures towards finding a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem under the UN umbrella”.

Gokeri considered Mavroyannis’ letter, which was sent to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon claiming that “the national airspace and the international aviation principles had been violated by the Turkish airplanes”, as being baseless and stated that these claims were completely rejected by the Turkish Cypriot authorities.

Gokeri in his letter, which was published as a UN document, to the UN Secretary-General, stressed that flights within the sovereign airspace of the TRNC have been carried out with the knowledge and consent of the state authorities and that the Greek Cypriot administration had no right of say on this issue.

Gokeri explaining that the TRNC Civil Aviation Department was the sole authority responsible for air traffic and aviation said the Greek Cypriots’ allegations that the Flight Information Region (FIR) had been violated were baseless.

Gokeri also emphasized that the Greek Cypriot administration should be reminded that its collocutor was the Turkish Cypriot side, not Turkey.