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"Mr President, the Tsiakourmas case should never have happened and it must quickly be brought to an end. It involves infringement of British sovereign territory and the wrongful arrest of a vulnerable individual who has no record of wrongdoing. It seems to have been an ill conceived tit-for-tat. With some regret, therefore, I have to say that we will support the resolution and I call on the Turkish authorities to release Mr Tsiakourmas now.
I have also to say that it is a pity that the resolution contains some unfortunate language. When I spoke to the Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister, Mr Kasoulides, last week, I said to him that now was the time to build bridges to Turkish Cypriots, to find ways of reducing the economic isolation of northern Cyprus and to use language that might encourage support for Turkish people for genuine bi-communal and bi-zonal Cyprus as called for in the United Nations resolutions. I say to Turkish Cypriots: avoid stupid incidents and get into constructive dialogue. I say to the Greek Cypriots: stop seizing on opportunities for confrontation and stretch out a hand of friendship."@en1
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