{"id":152344,"date":"2026-06-09T14:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/?p=152344"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:20:26","slug":"prime-minister-ustel-criticises-the-greek-cypriot-administration-france-defence-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/prime-minister-ustel-criticises-the-greek-cypriot-administration-france-defence-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister \u00dcstel criticises the Greek Cypriot Administration-France defence agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister \u00dcnal \u00dcstel has criticised the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed between the Greek Cypriot Administration and France described it as a misguided step that disregards the realities on the island, the principles of international law, and the delicate balance in the Eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, \u00dcstel stated that France\u2019s efforts to expand its military presence in the region, despite having no direct historical, geographical, or political ties to Cyprus, could undermine regional stability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He noted that the agreement reflects a unilateral approach that overlooks the existence and rights of the Turkish Cypriot people, warning that policies aimed at increasing military activity on the island risk further escalating tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reaffirming the legitimate rights and interests of the Turkish Cypriot people and T\u00fcrkiye, \u00dcstel stressed that lasting peace and stability can only be achieved through dialogue, cooperation, and respect for the realities on the island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister \u00dcnal \u00dcstel has criticised the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed between the Greek<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":152345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152347,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152344\/revisions\/152347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}