Ankara-based Deutsche Welle speaks of the “next step in the implementation of the Famagusta settlement”, reporting that Turkey, through the Property Committee operating in northern Cyprus, secured the purchase of three hotels and two-story apartment buildings owned by the Greeks. Cypriots in Famagusta.

The buyer, according to the publication Yeni Bayis, which has caused outrage in the Cypriot government – but has not yet been refuted – is a Turkish Cypriot businessman.

In his statements, the businessman expressed confidence in the Turkish government that he means what he says about Famagusta, that is, a short opening of the city for use and habitation, in violation of UN Security Council resolutions who call on Turkey not to populate Famagusta and return it to its rightful owners. The Turkish Cypriot buyer said it plans to reopen three hotels starting in 2025.

Greek Cypriot embarrassment

The outrage of the Cypriot government after the revelation of the sale of Greek Cypriot real estate in Famagusta was also caused by the fact that Yenis Bayis reprinted private sales contracts between a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot businessman, which also bore the seals of the Republic of Cyprus.

Anyway The Land Registry Department in its report notes that the contracts have never been submitted, but are authentication of the signatures of the contracting parties.. Moreover, this is the practice applied in sales transactions through the Turkish Property Commission.

In his statements on this occasion, the mayor of the occupied city, Simos Ioannou, noted that if the sale is carried out through a real estate committee, then the process is legal. He also noted that the Cyprus question had not been negotiated for six years and that, if negotiations do not begin, the city of Varosia will be lost. “If someone thinks that such a status quo is in our favor, then this is not so,” the mayor of the closed city concluded.

Source: Deutsche Welle.