Erdoğan: Deadlock in Cyprus issue caused loss of reputation to UN
5 October, 2018Özersay: “We demand to remove the UN military camp”
5 October, 2018Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay stated that political equality is not a right to be taken by giving up guarantees.
Özersay was interviewed in a BRT program and made an evaluation regarding his New York contacts and meeting with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
“I believe that this visit was quite effective for the visibility of the Turkish Cypriot side,” he said.
Answering a question, Özersay emphasized that he did not want to give unnecessary hope about the Cyprus negotiations and he also said: “If nothing can be done, pretending that it will be done is telling a lie. I cannot tell a lie, I expressed my opinion. I didn’t have too much expectation, it will be extraordinary, a sudden surprise, and I don’t think there is a magic wand that will lead us to a solution.”
Expressing that he does not have the opinion that something is happening and a very serious process is coming, Özersay stated that he has observed that there are serious question marks in the UN Secretary-General’s mind.