{"id":11885,"date":"2024-05-15T15:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=11885"},"modified":"2024-05-15T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:01:08","slug":"christodoulides-insists-on-restart-to-talks-after-holguin-s-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=11885","title":{"rendered":"Christodoulides insists on restart to talks after Holguin, \u2019s departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/christodoulides-insists-on-restart-to-talks-after-holguin-s-departure.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>By Tom Cleaver and Jonathan Shkurko<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1321231961\">\n<div id=\"cypru-945737167\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-3607661273910-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday <strong>insisted the government\u2019s sole aim is to restart negotiations <\/strong>for a solution to the Cyprus problem, following United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin\u2019s departure from the island the previous day.<br \/>\n\u201cOur number one priority is to restart negotiations,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe responded to all invitations to initiate a dialogue, to see if this effort can lead us to restart negotiations.<br \/>\n\u201cUnfortunately, <strong>there has been no response from the Turkish Cypriot side so far.<\/strong> Nevertheless, the effort continues, we must give diplomacy time,\u201d he said after a cabinet meeting.<br \/>\n\u201cIf there is political will, I am sure that negotiations can resume, and I am confident that there can be a positive outcome, always based on the agreed framework.\u201d<br \/>\nLater on Wednesday, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar criticised Holguin\u2019s modus operandi while in Cyprus, accusing her of \u201cprovoking the opposition and turning me into a target.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cher holding of meetings with some opposition groups is outside her job descriptions. This is not a nice thing. <strong>She <\/strong>visited Akinci<strong> twice. Is this even possible?<\/strong>\u201d he said, speaking on television the north\u2019s public broadcaster BRT.<br \/>\n\u201cThis sort of thing is not something that can be accepted diplomatically. She is taking steps to provoke the opposition and wear me down. I conveyed my discomfort to the appropriate authorities.\u201d<br \/>\nHe went on to say, \u201cthey targeted me with statements like \u2018Tatar ran away from a tripartite meeting\u2019. <strong>They never blame Turkey, they say Tatar ran away. Tatar is not alone.<\/strong> I evaluate every stage of this policy together with Turkey.\u201d<br \/>\nHolguin had departed the island on Tuesday following meetings with Christodoulides and Tatar the previous day, declaring that <strong>her mandate had come to its end and that she would now write a report based on her findings<\/strong>.<br \/>\nHowever, her meeting with Tatar was brief and seemingly soured relations, with Holguin departing Tatar\u2019s official residence after less than 20 minutes inside and without making any statements to the waiting press.<br \/>\nIn a later interview with news website Kibris Postasi at the Ledra Palace hotel, she said she had been \u201csurprised\u201d Tatar had rejected the proposal of a tripartite meeting with herself and Christodoulides.<br \/>\nTatar responded in kind on Tuesday, criticising Holguin\u2019s modus operandi in Cyprus.<br \/>\n\u201cShe cannot gauge public opinion going from door to door. <strong>She has no right. It is not nice of her to go to the most extreme opponents and provoke<\/strong>, challenging the established order of the country,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cFrankly, I was annoyed by that \u2026 It is Holguin\u2019s duty to investigate if there is common ground. It is already clear that there is not.\u201d<br \/>\nOpposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman had earlier accused Tatar of \u201crunning away from the fight\u201d for Turkish Cypriots\u2019 rights in refusing to attend such a meeting.<br \/>\n\u201cThe rejection of dialogue resulted in the conclusion that the Turkish Cypriot people had a will for a solution but now do not even have the will for a dialogue. This is not the case for the Turkish Cypriot people. <strong>The distance between the Turkish Cypriot people and Ersin Tatar is widening<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nikos Christodoulides stated that the government&#8217;s main goal is to restart negotiations for a solution to the Cyprus problem, but there has been no response from the Turkish Cypriot side so 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