In the past days, UN soldiers tried to prevent the works on the road from Yiğitler village of TRNC to Pile village located on the UN-controlled Green Line, there was a clash and Turkish soldiers and UN soldiers came face to face. Road repair and widening works in the region continued. The work, which started at low intensity in the morning with the effect of the weekend, ended at noon. When TRNC President Ersin Tatar said, “We have no eyes on anyone’s land,” he gave the message, “The TRNC will protect its own sovereignty. We will make it there again as we hoped, and protect our sovereignty.”
According to the information received from the TRNC authorities, the workers in the Pile-Yiğitler Road Project finished the low-intensity foundation work that they started in the morning at noon.
UN Peacekeeping Force personnel, who are in the region to monitor the activities, continue to wait in the area on the Green Line foreseen by the TRNC side.
UN personnel and vehicles are not allowed to enter the working area in the TRNC territory in any way during the activities that the TRNC police provide security.
Officials stated that from Monday morning, road repair and widening works will continue at full capacity all day.
“A STATE AGAINST HUMANITY”
On the other hand, TRNC President Ersin Tatar gave the following messages on CNN Türk:
“The United Nations is afraid of Southern Cyprus. They have to make an agreement with us too. This is an inhuman stance, we call everyone to common sense.”
“NO MILITARY PURPOSE”
“Works were slowed down due to the weekend. It is a humanitarian movement. Most of this road is within the borders of the TRNC. There is no military purpose, important for humanitarian reasons.”
“WE HAVE NO EYE ON ANYONE’S LAND”
“The ten-minute road takes more than an hour. Pile is a special village. We have livestock and farmers in that area. We have no eyes on anyone’s land.”
“WE WILL PROTECT OUR STRENGTH”
“The TRNC will protect its own sovereignty. We will do it as we hoped and protect our sovereignty. I hope that the problem will be solved with common sense. We have no eyes on anyone’s land.”
WHAT HAPPENED?
The TRNC prepared the Pile-Yiğitler Road Project for humanitarian reasons in order to provide easy access from the TRNC to the Pile village on the Green Line under the control of the United Nations (UN). UN Peacekeeping Force soldiers, who wanted to intervene in the part of the project within the borders of the TRNC, were pushed back on the Green Line by the TRNC police.
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