The occupying side is demanding to be acknowledged as a state entity before any process begins. The United Nations and the Republic of Cyprus will not accept the Turkish terms, as they fall outside their mandate. Recognizing the occupation regime would be self-destructive for the Republic of Cyprus, and this will not happen under any circumstances.
President Nikos Christodoulides said he “cannot understand” why Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar declined the chance of a tripartite meeting with himself and United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin.
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar rejected a UN proposal for a trilateral meeting with UN secretary-general envoy Maria Angela Holguin and President Nikos Christodoulides.
Fact: Polish member of the European Parliament Tomasz Poreba met with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar at Tatar’s official residence in northern Nicosia.
Fact: The personal envoy of the UN secretary-general, Maria Angela Holguin, described her meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides as “constructive.”
Fact: Holguin will arrive on Tuesday evening in Cyprus, where she will stay until May 14.
The population in the north could be as high as 825,000, according to calculations based on domestic waste production by the ‘mayor’ of Kyrenia, Murat Senkul.
Maria Angela Holguin, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General, will arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday evening and stay until May 14. This will be her third mission to the island as she seeks common ground between parties in efforts to solve the Cyprus problem.
Sefa Karahasan, the Turkish public broadcaster TRT’s Cyprus correspondent, was arrested in relation to the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”.
United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin is set to arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday and begin her latest round of meetings. The EU has expressed full support for her efforts and those of the UN to find a lasting solution to the Cyprus problem. Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has withdrawn consent for a compromise on a federal basis and is working on a roadmap with the OIC to end isolation imposed on the Turkish Cypriot people.