The UNSC "insists on settlement models that have been tried and have failed many times," said the Turkish foreign ministry in a statement that followed the mission's extension.
UN report that the Greek Cypriot administration covering one-third of the peacekeeping force's budget is not only contrary to the "principle of neutrality of the UN" but manifests that the UN has become part of the problem in Cyprus, TRNC says.
Over 370 Turkish Cypriots were killed by a Greek Cypriot terrorist group during the infamous 1963 "Bloody Christmas" massacre.
Greek Cypriot nationalist terror group EOKA killed over 370 Turkish Cypriots and displaced 25,000-30,000 during the Christmas season of 1963.
“Our flags and the TRNC are our sanctuaries," says Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar.
November 17 commemorates a student occupation of the Athens Polytechnic University, which was brutally crushed by the military junta then ruling Greece, killing many protesters.
Ersin Tatar says the Turkish Cypriots will not step down from a two-state solution for the Cyprus dispute and welcomed the Organization of Turkic States's decision to admit TRNC as an observer state.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announces the admission of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to the Organisation of Turkic States.
Moscow has long sought to build alternate gas routes such as Türkiye to supply energy to Western countries and decrease its dependency on European pipeline tracks.
Cyprus has been mired in a decades-long dispute between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots despite a series of diplomatic efforts by the UN to achieve a comprehensive settlement.
Asked whether there is a plan to set up a Turkish military base in the northeastern Karpas peninsula in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Erdogan said Turkish drones may also be sent to the region.
Ankara calls on Washington to reconsider its decision to lift defence trade restrictions on the Greek Cypriot administration for 2023 fiscal year and instead "pursue a balanced policy towards the two sides on the Island".
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