{"id":7504,"date":"2024-04-09T21:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=7504"},"modified":"2024-04-09T21:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T18:00:15","slug":"national-council-meeting-shelved-for-when-time-is-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=7504","title":{"rendered":"National Council meeting shelved for , \u2018when time is right\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/national-council-meeting-shelved-for-when-time-is-right.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The government on Tuesday rebuffed renewed calls to convene a National Council meeting amid growing irritation over the\u00a0secrecy surrounding the UNSG proposals\u00a0that President Nikos Christodoulides has agreed to.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1329039447\">\n<div id=\"cypru-382389146\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-1349306578549-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>During a press briefing at the presidential palace, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis fielded a host of Cyprob-related questions but kept the specifics vague.<br \/>\nAsked to elaborate on whether Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar rejected the UNSG\u2019s ideas, Letymbiotis said he could not speak for Tatar.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat I will repeat to you once again is that we are positive to the Secretary-General\u2019s proposals, we remain positive, and we will continue to work very intensively with the UN and with the UN Secretary-General\u2019s personal envoy.\u201d<br \/>\nThe spokesman also remained tight-lipped over the contents of the UNSG\u2019s proposal. Responding to a question on whether it concerns the substance or the process, Letymbiotis replied with a riddle, saying \u201csometimes process is linked to substance and substance is linked to process.<br \/>\n\u201cAt this point we believe that it\u00a0is not beneficial to continue\u00a0this public debate.\u201d<br \/>\nLast week, both Disy and\u00a0Akel called on Christodoulides to convene a National Council meeting, with Akel reiterating the call on Tuesday.<br \/>\nLetymbiotis said the National Council has been convened five times so far, and the President would call for one \u201cwhen the facts differ from the last National Council meeting.\u201d<br \/>\nHe added that Tatar\u2019s meeting with the UN Secretary General took place last Friday, and confirmed that Christodoulides was informed about the contents of the discussion.<br \/>\nNonetheless, this is not something he considers should be made public, he said. \u201cWe continue to remain committed to the substance.\u201d<br \/>\nAsked if the UNSG\u2019s personal envoy to Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin has only been appointed for six months, he replied that \u201cit is not included in the terms of reference.<br \/>\n\u201cHolguin is the UN Secretary General\u2019s personal envoy\u00a0for as long as he deems she can\u00a0be. We hope that the six-month period will not have to be exhausted, in the sense that sooner than six months these conditions will be in place and negotiations can resume,\u201d Letymbiotis underlined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has rebuffed calls to convene a National Council meeting amid secrecy surrounding the UNSG proposals that President Nikos Christodoulides has agreed 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