Turkish Cypriot foreign minister slams Greek Cypriot foreign minister over Turkey remarks

LEFKOSA (A.A) - August 10, 2011 - Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister has harshly criticized foreign minister of the Greek Cypriot administration over his remarks about Turkey's reaction to Greek Cypriot plans for oil and natural gas projects around the island.
"Insulting Turkey and Turkish Cypriots simply for protecting their legitimate rights and interests, to say the least of it, is going way over the line," Huseyin Ozgurgun said in a written statement.
Greek Cypriot administration's foreign minister, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, had described Turkey's reaction to Greek Cypriot plans as "bullying and arrogant."
"If there is anyone in our region acting like a bully, it is the Greek Cypriot administration which was unlawfully and unilaterally accepted in the European Union. And the real arrogance is the Greek Cypriot attempt to take advantage of its position to make other EU members accomplice to its law defying attitude," Ozgurgun said.