“The freedom and reunification of Cyprus is a milestone against imperialist aggression”

We assert that the current stalemate with regards to the peace process in Cyprus, must be overcome. Past failures to reach a comprehensive solution on the agreed basis cannot be the end of all efforts to liberate Cyprus from the illegal occupation of Turkey and reunify the country and its people. We regret that, 44 years after the illegal invasion, the occupation of 37% of Cyprus is ongoing in flagrant violation of international law; and expect that the Cypriot-led process, with the support of the UN Secretary-General, will resume as soon as possible.        

• We remind that the Cyprus problem is the result of foreign intervention and imperialist aggression. The 1974 coup d'état planned by CIA, NATO and their allies and staged by the Greek junta and their local fascist collaborators EOKA B, served as the pretext for the materialization of Turkey’s expansionist plans in Cyprus.
• We reiterate that through its solution the Cyprus problem must resolve the international illegality of foreign invasion and illegal occupation, and restore the relations between the two communities of Cyprus.
• We reiterate that the agreed solution is the bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality, as this is prescribed in the relevant UN resolutions, on the basis of the High-Level Agreements, of International Law and the principles upon which the European Union is founded.
• We recall that the united federal Cyprus will be one state, with a single sovereignty, a single international legal personality and a single citizenship, a truly independent state whereby no third parties will be able to intervene; which means that the anachronistic Treaty of Guarantee of 1960 must be terminated, exclude any right for foreign interventions and the occupying forces of Turkey be withdrawn. The solution must guarantee the human rights of all Cypriots, individual and collective.
• We underline that the status quo entrenches the long- term aspirations and objectives of Turkey against Cyprus and the permanent division of Cyprus and its people. We also recall that the comprehensive solution of the Cyprus problem, is a necessary prerequisite for the demilitarisation of the island, for common class struggles and a future socialist transformation.

The Communist and Workers’ Parties signing the present Statement:

1. Express their strong support for the resumption of the direct negotiations as soon as possible, on the agreed basis and from where things were left off at the last Conference for Cyprus in Crans Montana in July 2017. To this end, the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus have a crucial role to play.  
2. Calls on Turkey to commit itself to abandoning its long-standing intransigent stance against Cyprus and commit to the withdrawal of its army from the Republic of Cyprus and the abolition of foreign guarantees and of any rights for foreign intervention, as prescribed in the Framework of the UN Secretary-General mentioned in his recent reports towards the Security Council.
3. Demand the solution of the Cyprus problem on the agreed basis and according to international law and the UN Security Council resolutions, the soonest possible. The perpetuation of the status quo or departure from the bicommunal, bizonal federation as agreed, will lead to the permanent partition of Cyprus.
4. Call on the international community to stop tolerating the continuing illegality that is taking place in Cyprus, and exert its influence on Turkey in order to terminate its divisive policies on the ground and take concrete steps for the solution of the Cyprus problem on the agreed basis.
5. Express their solidarity with and support to the struggle of the Cypriot people for the liberation and reunification of its country.

THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF AKEL – NOVEMBER 2018

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1. Communist Party of Australia
2. Communist Party of Azerbaijan
3. Progressive Tribune, Bahrain
4. Communist Party of Bangladesh
5. CP of Belgium
6. Communist Party of Brazil
7. Brazilian Communist Party
8. Communist Party of Britain
9. New Communist Party of Britain
10. Communist Party of Bulgaria
11. Socialist Workers’ Party of Croatia
12. Communist Party of Cuba
13. ΑΚΕL
14.  Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
15. Communist Party in Denmark
16. Communist Party of Estonia
17. Communist Party of Ecuador
18. Communist Party of Finland
19. French Communist Party
20. German Communist Party
21. Unified Communist Party of Georgia
22. Hungarian Workers' Party
23. Communist Party of India
24. Communist Party of India (Marxist)
25. Tudeh Party of Iran
26. Iraqi Communist Party
27. Communist Party of Kurdistan -Iraq
28. The Worker's Party of Ireland
29. Communist Party of Israel
30. Italian Communist Party
31. Communist Party (Italy)
32. Jordanian Communist Party
33. Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan
34. Party of the Communists of Kyrgyzstan
35. Socialist Party of Latvia
36. Socialist Party of Lithuania
37. Communist Party of Luxemburg
38. Party of Congress for the Independence of Madagascar (AKFM)
39. Communist Party of Malta
40. New Communist Party of Netherlands
41. Communist Party of Norway
42. Communist Party of Pakistan
43. Palestinian Communist Party
44. Palestinian People's Party
45. Paraguayan Communist Party
46. Portuguese Communist Party
47. Romanian Socialist Party
48. Communist Party of the Russian Federation
49. Russian Communist Workers' Party ‐ Communist Party of Soviet Union (RCWP‐CPSU)
50. Communist Party of Soviet Union
51. UCP-CPSU
52. New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
53. Communists of Serbia
54. South African Communist Party
55. Communist Party of Spain
56. Communist Party of the Peoples’ of Spain
57. Communist Party of Sri Lanka                             
58. Communist Party of Swaziland
59. Sudanese Communist Party
60. Syrian Communist Party
61. Communist Party of Ukraine
62. Communist Party USA
63. Communist Party of Venezuela