Akıncı: “The negotiations will lose their meaning if no steps are taken on enosis issue”

President Mustafa Akıncı has expressed his disappointment regarding the decision by the Greek Cypriot parliament to mark the 1950 Enosis Plebiscite at Greek Cypriot schools to the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative Elizabeth Spehar.

Akıncı stated that if the Greek Cypriot side does not take any steps on this issue, the negotiation process will lose its meaning. Imposing Enosis to the Greek Cypriot youth is a serious blow to the negotiations, Akıncı said, and added that if the Greek Cypriot parliament will not reverse its decision, the agenda of the leaders’ meeting on Thursday will be dominated by this issue. Akıncı also noted that he will wait to see the response by the Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades ahead of their scheduled meeting on Thursday.

President Akıncı stated that the expected meeting of the negotiators today most likely would not be held.

President Akıncı also held an urgent telephone conversation with the UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor Espen Barth Eide and requested their assistance in order to prevent the Greek Cypriot leader Anastasiades from signing the decision of the Parliament. Akıncı emphasized in his call that the decision of the Greek Cypriot parliament to commemorate the Enosis referendum is in direct contradiction to the solution target.