Inauguration ceremony for the mausoleum of Founding President Denktaş
16 November, 2016Turkish Prime Minister Yıldırım: “A solution which takes the rights of our Cypriot brothers backwards cannot be accepted”
16 November, 2016
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Tuğrul Türkeş has expressed his hopes that: “The legitimate rights of the Turkish Cypriots should be handed over, all embargoes especially on air and naval transport should be lifted and the TRNC should get equal benefit from the EU rights like other EU countries.”
Türkeş noted that the Turkish Cypriot people sit at the negotiating table and have worked repeatedly and tirelessly for a solution in Cyprus, an approach that the international community and other stakeholders should take greater notice of. Türkeş emphasised that “Turkey has been supporting a unified Cyprus.”
Furthermore, Türkeş stated: “A Solution in Cyprus is possible. We hope to achieve an ultimate peace in Cyprus and sign an agreement by which TRNC people’s legitimate rights will be handed over.”
In his speech at the 33rd anniversary celebrations for the TRNC, Türkeş indicated that there has never been a barrier to a lasting peace in Cyprus, and that the TRNC has been subjected to an unfair isolation.
Türkeş also urged that greater attention be paid to the many agreements and convergences that have been achieved so far in the ongoing negotiations, rather than focussing solely on the outstanding differences.