Turkish Prime Minister Yıldırım: “A solution which takes the rights of our Cypriot brothers backwards cannot be accepted”
16 November, 2016Erdoğan: “We continue with our support for the negotiation process”
16 November, 2016Stating that Turkish Cypriots and Turkey have extended their hand for an agreement Prime Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün said that “If they keep this hand, it is certain that an agreement in Cyprus can be achieved very easily”.
Noting that Turkey’s full and effective guarantee cannot be compromised, Prime Minister Özgürgün also emphasised that equality and bi-zonality are essential.
Özgürgün received Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Tuğrul Türkeş and the Turkish Presidential General Secretary Fahri Kasırga within the scope of the 33rd anniversary of the founding of the TRNC.
In his speech, Kasırga expressed his wish for a positive outcome to the settlement process and reiterated his hopes for a just and lasting peace in Cyprus.
As the talks continue, and regardless of their outcome, Türkeş noted that there is a democratic government in the TRNC and added “The TRNC is perhaps the only example in the Middle East without blood and tears. We congratulate you, and we are proud of this peaceful democracy”.