"Any development in Cyprus requires the acceptance of the "realities" on the island and the new vision of the Turkish Cypriot side", repeats the so-called
The statements of the British High Commissioner, Irfan Siddiq, "show how wrong his knowledge, intentions and vision of the Cyprus issue are and proving that he is not someone who should be taken into account as an interlocutor", he told the t/k "news agency" " the "minister of foreign affairs" in the occupied territories Tahsin Ertugruloglou.
"Although we have repeatedly shared our vision for Cyprus with the Ambassador, it is rude for him to express that he believes there is "flexibility" in the will of the Turkish Cypriot side and thus to claim that he knows the positions and policies of our country better than we do" , said Mr. Ertugruloglou, who repeated his well-known positions on the pseudo-state.
Regarding the contacts of the UN Secretary General's Personal Envoy, Mr. Ertugruloglou said that the aim of these contacts is to establish whether or not there is common ground for negotiations within a six-month period.
At this point, he repeated his positions on the "two-state solution" and "good neighborliness". He also once again criticized the recent resolution of the UN Security Council to extend the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force on the island for one year on the grounds that the will of the Turkish side was not taken into account.
"Any development in Cyprus requires the acceptance of the "realities" on the island and the new vision of the Turkish Cypriot side. If the international community sincerely wishes to create an environment of cooperation on the island on the basis of good-neighborly relations, it is time to realize that this can only be achieved on the basis of the sovereign equality and equal international status of the two "existing states", further asserted A politician.