The Foreign Ministry issued a written statement on Wednesday regarding the statement by the Spokesperson of the Greek Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs Demetris Demetriou.

“We are informed that the Spokesperson of the Greek Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs Demetris Demetriou shared via his Twitter account that the Greek Cypriot Administration’s offer to send a search and rescue team was accepted by Türkiye” the statement said.

“The said statement does not reflect the truth. The Greek Cypriot side continues to create political manipulation by exploiting even such a humanitarian issue” the statement stressed.

“We would like to bring to the attention of our people that the false statements made by the Greek Cypriot side should not be respected” the Foreign Ministry statement noted.