Akıncı: “Next seven months are very important to establish a bi-communal bi-zonal federal structure”
23 May, 2016Racists in the Greek Cypriot Parliament
23 May, 2016Stating that positive developments are being reached with mutual trust and good will, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that this situation is encouraging to himself.
Responding to the questions of the AA reporter before attending the Humanitarian World Summit in İstanbul, Ban Ki-moon indicated that two Cypriot leaders Nikos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akıncı have conducted negotiations for a year on very important issues for both communities. Ban said, the “Leaders’ joint declaration on the anniversary of the negotiations concerning their will to work hard in order to reach a comprehensive settlement in 2016 is encouraging me.”
Emphasizing that he came from a divided country, Ban said: “As a person who came from a divided country – Korea, Cyprus is giving me hope for the future. Cyprus’s reunification in a peaceful manner will bring economic and political benefits to the island and will contribute for stability and cooperation in the region. Both the EU, and myself will support these efforts on the basis of the ideology that Cypriots are to decide the future of Cyprus.”