Akıncı: “We are progressing in the direction of solution target”

President Mustafa Akıncı stated that they are progressing in the direction of a solution target on a fair and realistic basis.  Akıncı said, “Undoubtedly, this process is not easy, it is a process with ups and downs.”

Evaluating his first year in the Presidency, Akıncı said that they started a new period with a new approach one year ago with a slogan – “change will come with ideas”.

Akıncı added, “The first sentence that we wrote on the white page in this new period was that all parties unequivocally accepted the sincere and strong solution demand of the Turkish Cypriot people. No one has any doubts that the Turkish Cypriot people try to move the solution process forward in Cyprus.  At the end of the first year, all related parties, countries, and international institutions reached a point that they do not doubt our sincerity towards a solution. A new environment of confidence has been established in this new period.”