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Amendment 5 Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Nikolaos Chountis, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Martina Michels, Kostas Chrysogonos, Barbara Spinelli, Helmut Scholz, Sofia Sakorafa on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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3. Regrets the actions undertaken by 3. Regrets the actions undertaken by the Turkish government against Turkish the Turkish government against Turkish citizens in third countries, including citizens in third countries, including harassment and kidnappings and covert harassment and kidnappings and covert surveillance, as well as the practice of surveillance, as well as the practice of hotlines through which people are hotlines through which people are encouraged to report other citizens to the encouraged to report other citizens to the government; is deeply worried about the government; is concerned that the Turkish illegal abduction and extradition of 101 government has offered a reward for the Turkish nationals which were conducted in return of Turkish citizens who have been 18 countries, as confirmed by the Turkish granted refugee status in the European authorities’ statement of 16 July 2018; Union and are living in Member States; is urges EU Member States to process any deeply worried about the illegal abduction extradition requests by Turkey in a and extradition of 101 Turkish nationals transparent manner, while following which were conducted in 18 countries, as judicial procedures fully in line with confirmed by the Turkish authorities’ international human rights standards; statement of 16 July 2018; urges EU reiterates that Interpol arrest warrants Member States to process any extradition cannot be misused to target Turkish requests by Turkey in a transparent dissidents, human rights defenders, manner, while following judicial journalists and those critical of the procedures fully in line with international government, such as former Sakharov human rights standards; reiterates that Prize finalist Can Dündar; Interpol arrest warrants cannot be misused to target Turkish dissidents, human rights defenders, journalists and those critical of the government, such as former Sakharov Prize finalist Can Dündar;

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Amendment 6 Nikolaos Chountis, Martina Michels, Marie-Christine Vergiat, , Kostas Chrysogonos, Barbara Spinelli, Helmut Scholz, Sofia Sakorafa, Miguel Urbán Crespo on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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13. Calls on the Turkish government to 13. Calls on the Turkish government to respect and fully implement the legal respect and fully implement the legal obligations which it has entered into obligations which it has entered into concerning the protection of cultural concerning the protection of cultural heritage, and, in particular, to draw up in heritage, and, in particular, to draw up in good faith an integrated inventory of good faith an integrated inventory of Greek, Armenian, Assyrian and other Greek, Armenian, Assyrian and other cultural heritage that was destroyed or cultural heritage that was destroyed or ruined in the course of the last century; ruined in the course of the last century; calls on Turkey to ratify the 2005 opposes, in this context, any extreme view UNESCO Convention on the Protection that promotes alterations to the and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural physiognomy of the Hagia Sophia Expressions; calls on Turkey to cooperate historical-religious monument and its with the relevant international conversion into a mosque; calls on Turkey organisations, especially the Council of to ratify the 2005 UNESCO Convention on Europe, in preventing and combating illicit the Protection and Promotion of the trafficking in and the deliberate destruction Diversity of Cultural Expressions; calls on of cultural heritage; Turkey to cooperate with the relevant international organisations, especially the Council of Europe, in preventing and combating illicit trafficking in and the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage;

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Amendment 7 Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Martina Michels, Kostas Chrysogonos, Barbara Spinelli, Nikolaos Chountis, Helmut Scholz, Sofia Sakorafa on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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14. Is deeply concerned at the situation 14. Is deeply concerned at the situation in the south-east of Turkey and the serious in the south-east of Turkey and the serious allegations of human rights abuses, allegations of human rights abuses, excessive use of force, torture, and the excessive use of force, torture, and the severe curtailment of the right to freedom severe curtailment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression as well as of opinion and expression as well as political participation in the south-east, political participation in the south-east, especially since the collapse of the Kurdish especially since the collapse of the Kurdish settlement process in 2015, as documented settlement process in 2015, as documented by the Office of the UN High by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Commissioner for Human Rights and human rights defenders in Turkey; human rights defenders in Turkey; stresses reiterates its firm condemnation of the that the inclusion of the PKK on the EU return to violence on the part of the list of terrorist organisations is an obstacle Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which on the path towards the establishment of has been on the EU list of terrorist peace, dialogue and negotiations, which organisations since 2002; stresses the does at the same time facilitate the urgency of resuming a credible political infringement of human rights; calls process leading to a peaceful settlement of therefore on the Council to revise the list the Kurdish issue; calls on Turkey to and remove the PKK from the list of promptly investigate all serious allegations terrorist organisations, taking into of human rights abuses and killings, and to account in particular the judgment of 15 allow international observers to carry out November 2018 of the Court of Justice of independent monitoring activities; is the European Union which deletes and concerned at the destruction of historical cancels the PKK’s inclusion on the heritage sites in the south-east, including Council of the European Union’s list of that of the ancient Sur site in Diyarbakir, terrorist organisations from 2014 to 2017; which was included on UNESCO’s World calls on the Turkish authorities to restart Heritage List, an act which jeopardises the talks with PKK leaders in order to achieve

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EN United in diversityEN preservation of Kurdish identity and a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue; culture in Turkey; stresses the urgency of resuming a credible political process leading to a peaceful settlement of the Kurdish issue; calls on Turkey to promptly investigate all serious allegations of human rights abuses and killings, and to allow international observers to carry out independent monitoring activities; is concerned at the destruction of historical heritage sites in the south-east, including that of the ancient Sur site in Diyarbakir, which was included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, an act which jeopardises the preservation of Kurdish identity and culture in Turkey;

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Amendment 8 , , Kostadinka Kuneva, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Martina Michels, Emmanuel Maurel, Barbara Spinelli, Helmut Scholz, Miguel Urbán Crespo on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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21. Taking all of the above into 21. Taking all of the above into account, recommends that the Commission account, recommends that the Commission and the Council of the European Union, in and the Council of the European Union, in accordance with the Negotiating accordance with the Negotiating Framework, formally suspend the Framework, freeze the accession accession negotiations with Turkey; negotiations with Turkey; remains, remains, however, committed to however, committed to democratic and democratic and political dialogue with political dialogue with Turkey; underlines Turkey; asks the Commission to use the that any political engagement between the funds currently allocated under the EU and Turkey should be built on Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance conditionality provisions concerning (IPA II and the future IPA III) to support, respect for democracy, the rule of law and through a dedicated envelope directly fundamental rights; managed by the EU, Turkey’s civil society, human rights defenders and journalists and to increase opportunities for people-to-people contacts, academic dialogue, access for Turkish students to European universities, and media platforms for journalists with the objective of protecting and promoting democratic values and principles, human rights and the rule of law; without prejudice to Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union, expects the relationship between Turkey and the EU to be redefined in terms of an effective partnership; underlines that any political engagement between the EU and Turkey should be built

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EN United in diversityEN on conditionality provisions concerning respect for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;

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Amendment 9 Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Martina Michels, Barbara Spinelli, Nikolaos Chountis, Helmut Scholz, Sofia Sakorafa, Miguel Urbán Crespo on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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22. Notes that while the EU accession 22. Notes that while the EU accession process was at its start a strong motivation process was at its start a strong motivation for reforms in Turkey, there has been a for reforms in Turkey, there has been a stark regression in the areas of the rule of stark regression in the areas of the rule of law and human rights during the last few law and human rights during the last few years; recalls that Parliament repeatedly years; called for the opening of Chapter 23 on Judiciary and Fundamental Rights and Chapter 24 on Justice, Freedom and Security at a time when the Turkish government had pledged to conduct serious reforms; regrets deeply that the accession instruments could not be used to the fullest extent owing to a continued blockage by the Council;

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Amendment 10 Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Nikolaos Chountis, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Martina Michels, Emmanuel Maurel, Kostas Chrysogonos, Barbara Spinelli, Helmut Scholz, Sofia Sakorafa on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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23. Stresses that the modernisation of 23. Believes that a door should be left the Customs Union would further open for the modernisation and upgrade of strengthen the already strong ties between the 1995 Customs Union between the EU Turkey and the EU and would keep and Turkey; recalls that Turkey is the EU’s Turkey economically anchored to the EU; fifth largest trading partner, while the EU believes, therefore, that a door should be is Turkey’s largest, that two thirds of left open for the modernisation and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey upgrade of the 1995 Customs Union comes from EU Member States and that between the EU and Turkey, to include Turkey is an important growth market for relevant areas such as agriculture, the EU; believes that the upgrade can be services and public procurement, which contemplated provided that Turkey currently are not covered; recalls that proceed first of all to implement its Turkey is the EU’s fifth largest trading obligations deriving from the current partner, while the EU is Turkey’s largest, Customs Union Agreement between the that two thirds of Foreign Direct EU and Turkey in full and without Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from discrimination; considers that once this EU Member States and that Turkey is an step has been taken, the upgrade would important growth market for the EU; provide a valuable opportunity for believes that the upgrade would provide a democratic conditionality, positive valuable opportunity for democratic leverage and the possibility of a roadmap conditionality, positive leverage and the where the upgrade of the Customs Union possibility of a roadmap where the upgrade would go hand in hand with concrete of the Customs Union would go hand in improvements by Turkey on democratic hand with concrete improvements by reforms that reinforce full compliance Turkey on democratic reforms in the fields with the Copenhagen criteria in the fields of democracy, human rights fundamental of democracy, human rights fundamental freedoms as well as the rule of law and freedoms as well as the rule of law and towards a true, open space for civil society towards a true, open space for civil society and pluralism; believes further that the and pluralism; believes further that the

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EN United in diversityEN upgrade of the Customs Union would upgrade of the Customs Union would provide an important opportunity for policy provide an important opportunity for policy dialogue on socially and environmentally dialogue on socially and environmentally sustainable economic development and sustainable economic development and climate change, as well as on labour rights climate change, as well as on labour rights in Turkey; calls on the Commission to start in Turkey; calls on the Commission to start preparatory work for the upgrade of the preparatory work for the upgrade of the Customs Union as soon as the Turkish Customs Union as soon as the Turkish Government attests to its readiness for Government attests to its readiness for serious reforms; calls on the Commission serious reforms; calls on the Commission to include a clause on human rights and to include a clause on human rights and fundamental freedoms in the upgraded fundamental freedoms in the upgraded Customs Union making human rights and Customs Union making human rights and fundamental freedoms a key conditionality; fundamental freedoms a key conditionality; recalls that the current Customs Union recalls that the current Customs Union does not achieve its full potential until does not achieve its full potential until Turkey fully implements the Additional Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol towards all Member States; Protocol towards all Member States;

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Amendment 11 Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Martina Michels, Barbara Spinelli, Helmut Scholz, Miguel Urbán Crespo on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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26. Notes that visa liberalisation is of 26. Notes that visa liberalisation is of great importance for Turkish citizens, great importance for Turkish citizens, particularly for students, academics, particularly for students, academics, business representatives and people with business representatives and people with family ties in EU Member States; family ties in EU Member States; recalls encourages the Turkish Government to that the visa liberalisation regime must fully comply with the 72 criteria identified not affect the rights of Turkish nationals, in the visa liberalisation roadmap; stresses and in particular those seeking asylum in that the revision of Turkey’s anti-terrorism Europe, and cannot be subject to legislation is a key condition for ensuring increased border controls or the fundamental rights and freedoms; implementation of readmission encourages Turkey to make the necessary agreements, but is itself an objective of efforts to fulfil the remaining benchmarks; achieving the universal right of free stresses that visa liberalisation will be movement, as prescribed under possible once all the criteria have been international law; encourages the Turkish fully and effectively met in a non- Government to fully comply with the 72 discriminatory fashion; criteria identified in the visa liberalisation roadmap; stresses that the revision of Turkey’s anti-terrorism legislation is a key condition for ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms; encourages Turkey to make the necessary efforts to fulfil the remaining benchmarks; stresses that visa liberalisation will be possible once all the criteria have been fully and effectively met in a non-discriminatory fashion vis-à-vis all EU Member States;

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Amendment 12 Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Martina Michels, Barbara Spinelli, Nikolaos Chountis, Helmut Scholz, Sofia Sakorafa on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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27. Recalls the important role played 27. Recalls the important role played by Turkey in responding to the migration by Turkey in responding to the challenges crisis resulting from the war in Syria; takes relating to people in need of international the view that Turkey and its population protection resulting from the war in Syria; have shown great hospitality by offering takes the view that Turkey and its shelter to more than 3.5 million Syrian population have shown great hospitality by refugees; underlines that there are about offering shelter to more than 3.5 million one million Syrian children of school age Syrian refugees; underlines that there are in Turkey, of whom 60 % are registered in about one million Syrian children of school Turkish schools; takes note of the EU- age in Turkey, of whom 60 % are Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016; urges registered in Turkish schools; rejects the Turkey to respect the non-refoulement EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016; principle; deplores the fact that under the urges Turkey to respect the non- 2011/2012 IPA programme, the EU refoulement principle; deplores the fact financed the acquisition of Cobra II that under the 2011/2012 IPA programme, armoured surveillance vehicles, and calls the EU financed the acquisition of Cobra II on the Commission to closely monitor the armoured surveillance vehicles, and calls use of equipment (co-)financed under EU on the Commission to closely monitor the programmes and the effective use of equipment (co-)financed under EU implementation of the non-refoulement programmes and the effective principle, in particular on the Syrian implementation of the non-refoulement border; calls on the EU and its Member principle, in particular on the Syrian States to keep their promises regarding border; calls on the EU and its Member large-scale resettlement, and to ensure States to keep their promises regarding adequate financial resources for the long- large-scale resettlement, and to ensure term support of Syrian refugees in Turkey; adequate financial resources for the long- acknowledges the European Court of term support of Syrian refugees in Turkey; Auditors’ 2018 Special Report, which calls acknowledges the European Court of for increased efficiencies and more Auditors’ 2018 Special Report, which calls transparency in the allocation and for increased efficiencies and more

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EN United in diversityEN distribution of funding; points to the transparency in the allocation and increasing uncertainty for Syrian refugees distribution of funding; points to the over the prospects for their temporary increasing uncertainty for Syrian refugees protection in Turkey, and asks Turkey to over the prospects for their temporary consider strategies for increased social protection in Turkey, and asks Turkey to cohesion in areas with large Syrian refugee consider strategies for increased social communities, as well as for longer-term cohesion in areas with large Syrian refugee socio-economic and cultural inclusion and communities, as well as for longer-term adequate and effective access to education socio-economic and cultural inclusion and and job training; calls on the Commission adequate and effective access to education to remain vigilant and to ensure that where and job training; calls on the Commission EU funds are used the rights of refugees to remain vigilant and to ensure that where are properly upheld and that action is taken EU funds are used the rights of refugees to prevent child labour, the sexual are properly upheld and that action is taken exploitation of children and other human to prevent child labour, the sexual rights abuses; exploitation of children and other human rights abuses;

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Amendment 13 Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Martina Michels, Emmanuel Maurel, Kostas Chrysogonos, Barbara Spinelli, Nikolaos Chountis, Helmut Scholz, Sofia Sakorafa on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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28. Notes the importance for both the deleted EU and its Member States and Turkey of maintaining close dialogue and cooperation on foreign policy and security issues; encourages cooperation and further alignment on foreign policy, defence and security issues, including counter-terrorism cooperation; recalls that Turkey is also a longstanding member of the NATO alliance and sits at a key geostrategic location for maintaining regional and European security; notes that the EU and Turkey continue to cooperate on issues of (military) strategic importance within the NATO framework; calls, therefore, on Turkey to resume its cooperation with EU NATO members under NATO’s rolling programme of cooperation with non-EU countries;

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Amendment 14 Nikolaos Chountis, Martina Michels, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Kostas Chrysogonos, Barbara Spinelli, Helmut Scholz, Sofia Sakorafa, Miguel Urbán Crespo on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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30. Reiterates the importance of good 30. Reiterates the importance of good neighbourly relations; calls on Turkey, in neighbourly relations; calls on Turkey, in this connection, to step up efforts to this connection, to step up efforts to resolve outstanding bilateral issues, resolve outstanding bilateral issues, including unresolved legal obligations and including unresolved legal obligations and unsettled disputes with its immediate unsettled disputes with its immediate neighbours over land and maritime borders neighbours over land and maritime borders and airspace, in accordance with the and airspace, in accordance with the provisions of the UN Charter and with provisions of the UN Charter and with international law; reiterates its call on the international law; reiterates its call on the Turkish Government to sign and ratify the Turkish Government to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); urges the Turkish the Sea (UNCLOS); urges the Turkish Government to end the repeated violations Government to end the repeated violations of Greek airspace and territorial waters, of Greek airspace and territorial waters, and to respect the territorial integrity and and to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all of its neighbours; sovereignty of all of its neighbours; recalls expresses its regret that the casus belli that, according to the UNCLOS, Greece threat issued by the Turkish Grand can exercise the right to extend its National Assembly against Greece has not territorial sea to 12 nautical miles yet been withdrawn; whenever it wishes; expresses its regret that the casus belli threat issued by the Turkish Grand National Assembly against Greece has not yet been withdrawn;

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Amendment 15 Nikolaos Chountis, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Martina Michels, Kostas Chrysogonos, Barbara Spinelli, Helmut Scholz, Sofia Sakorafa, Miguel Urbán Crespo on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31

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31. Welcomes the efforts under the 31. Welcomes the efforts under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General to auspices of the UN Secretary-General to resume negotiations on the reunification of resume negotiations on the reunification of Cyprus; reiterates its support for a fair, Cyprus; reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with a single international legal federation with a single international legal personality, single sovereignty and single personality, single sovereignty and single citizenship and with political equality citizenship and with political equality between the two communities, as defined between the two communities, as defined by the relevant UN Security Council by the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, in accordance with resolutions, in accordance with international law and the EU acquis and on international law and the EU acquis and on the basis of respect for the principles on the basis of respect for the principles on which the Union is founded; draws which the Union is founded; draws attention to the Framework put forward by attention to the Framework put forward by the UN Secretary-General and his appeal the UN Secretary-General providing, inter for the resumption of negotiations, building alia, for the termination of the Treaty of on the agreements already reached in the Guarantee and of any unilateral right of 2017 Crans-Montana process; calls for the intervention and for the speedy EU and its Member States to play a more withdrawal of all occupation forces, and active role in bringing negotiations to a to his appeal for the resumption of successful conclusion; reiterates its call on negotiations, building on the agreements all parties concerned, in particular Turkey, already reached in the 2017 Crans- to commit and contribute to a Montana process; calls for the EU and its comprehensive settlement; calls on Turkey Member States to play a more active role to begin withdrawing its troops from in bringing negotiations to a successful Cyprus, to transfer the sealed-off area of conclusion; reiterates its call on all parties Famagusta to the UN in accordance with concerned, in particular Turkey, to commit

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EN United in diversityEN UN Security Council Resolution 550, and and contribute to a comprehensive to refrain from actions altering the settlement; calls on Turkey to begin demographic balance on the island through withdrawing its troops from Cyprus, to a policy of illegal settlements; stresses the transfer the sealed-off area of Famagusta to need for the implementation of the EU the UN in accordance with UN Security acquis on the whole island; acknowledges, Council Resolution 550, and to refrain in this regard, the continuation of the work from actions altering the demographic of the bi-communal ad hoc committee on balance on the island through a policy of EU preparation; commits to stepping up its illegal settlements; stresses the need for the efforts to engage with the Turkish Cypriot implementation of the EU acquis on the community in its preparations to fully whole island; acknowledges, in this regard, integrate into the EU following the solution the continuation of the work of the bi- of the Cyprus problem, and calls on the communal ad hoc committee on EU Commission to do the same; praises the preparation; commits to stepping up its important work of the bicommunal efforts to engage with the Turkish Cypriot Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), community in its preparations to fully which deals with both Turkish Cypriot and integrate into the EU following the solution Greek Cypriot missing persons, and of the Cyprus problem, and calls on the commends the fact that improved access to Commission to do the same; praises the relevant sites, including military areas, has important work of the bicommunal been granted; calls on Turkey to assist the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), CMP by providing information from its which deals with both Turkish Cypriot and military archives; recognises the right of Greek Cypriot missing persons, and the Republic of Cyprus to enter into commends the fact that improved access to bilateral agreements concerning its relevant sites, including military areas, has exclusive economic zone; reiterates its call been granted; calls on Turkey to assist the on Turkey to fully respect the sovereign CMP by providing information from its rights of all Member States, including military archives; recognises the right of those rights related to prospecting for and the Republic of Cyprus to enter into exploitation of natural resources, in bilateral agreements concerning its accordance with the EU acquis and exclusive economic zone; reiterates its call international law; urges Turkey to engage on Turkey to fully respect the sovereign in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and rights of all Member States, including to refrain from any threat or action which those rights related to prospecting for and might have negative effects on good exploitation of natural resources, in neighbourly relations; accordance with the EU acquis and international law; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and to refrain from any threat or action which might have negative effects on good neighbourly relations;

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