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"Madam President, on a point of order. I wish to draw the attention of the House to an unfortunate incident which has occurred since our last part-session, and that is the case of Mr Panikos Tsiakourmas. Many of you may be unaware that part of Cyprus is already part of the European Union because Great Britain retained sovereign bases on Cyprus and Mr Tsiakourmas was seized from one of those bases shortly before Christmas. That seizure was an illegal act. Mr Tsiakourmas is now being held in North Cyprus.
I would appeal to the House to express its sympathy with Mr Tsiakourmas and his family. He has been accused of a crime of which I do not think he is guilty. However, whatever the merits of his case, the circumstances of his abduction were unacceptable. He was abducted from the territory of a European Union Member State. I would ask the President to express our concern to the Ankara Government about this incident and our hope that this unfortunate incident will not affect the solution to the Cyprus problem and the peace negotiations which are continuing at this moment, and to express our hope that Mr Tsiakourmas will be released as soon as possible."@en1
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