3 Amendments of Alex AGIUS SALIBA related to 2019/2176(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Committee on Petitions conducted a fact-finding visit to Famagusta, Cyprus, on 7-8 May 2018, in the context of petition 733/2004 submitted by Loizos Afxentiou, on behalf of the Famagusta Refugee Movement; whereas the purpose of the mission was to reassess and update its information on the situation in Famagusta, and in particular Varosha (the section of the city sealed off by the Turkish army), following on from Petition 733/2004, 10 years after the Committee’s previous fact-finding visit, which took place on 25-28 November 2007;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Turkish Government continued to act in total disregard of the aforementioned calls of the international community, including the UN Security Council, with the Vice-President of Turkey visiting the sealed-off area of Varosha on 15 February 2020,hen a conference was held in the occupied territories on creating the legal basis for ‘turning Varosha into a large Turkish city in the eastern Mediterranean’ on 15 February 2020, in the presence of the Vice-President of Turkey together with members of the Turkish-Cypriot leadership and clearly stating Turkey’s intention to open Varosha under the ‘administration’ of the illegal secessionist entity in the occupied part of Cyprus;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the return of Varosha to its lawful inhabitants would constitute a formidable confidence-building measure, and could become the catalyst for a fair, comprehensive settlementand viable settlement, in accordance with relevant UNSC resolutions, and in line with the values and principles on which the EU is founded and the acquis, by creating conditions of cooperation, mutual respect and trust between the two communities in Cyprus;