REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: Turkey must respect European Court's judgement on case of Loizidou v Turkey.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-1 March 1999-REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: Turkey must respect European Court's judgement on case of Loizidou v Turkey (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:010399 The British government stated last Thursday that Turkey must implement the European Court of Human Rights' judgement in the case of Loizidou v Turkey.

In a written reply to a question in the House of Lords regarding the action the British government will take in the Council of Europe if the judgement is not enforced, British Minister of State, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean said that Turkey has the responsibility of implementing the judgement. She also noted that "we have reminded Turkey in the Committee of Ministers of these responsibilities and will continue to do so". Moreover the...