Ertuğruloğlu: “A new process can only begin on an equal footing and state-to -state basis”

Speaking on a TV programme, Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu stated that reviving the previous negotiation process which had concluded in Crans-Montana last July was out of question. Ertuğruloğlu also emphasized that a new process can only begin on an equal footing and state-to-state basis.

Noting that the donations sent by the Greek Cypriot Administration via UN convoy to Greek Cypriots and Maronites living in the TRNC was intended to be a politically provocative move, Ertuğruloğlu said that the TRNC has declared to all parties that the implementation of this policy is upholding the status quo and should be ended – in particular, stating that the UN itself is also implicated in continuing the status quo.

Ertuğruloğlu reiterated that the TRNC will always support the individuals who have lived within its borders during their time of need.