Çavuşoğlu: “Greek Cypriots do not acknowledge political equality of the Turkish Cypriots”
26 February, 2019Özersay attends the OIC Foreign Ministers Council Meeting in Abu Dhabi
1 March, 2019President Mustafa Akıncı and the Greek Cypriot Leader Nikos Anastasiades met again yesterday (26th February), after 4 months. The meeting was held at the residence of the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative to Cyprus and Chief of Mission, Elizabeth Spehar, in the buffer zone.
Following the meeting, President Akıncı made a statement to the press. Akıncı said that they exchanged views on the issue of decentralization, and the sides keep their views regarding the central authority, political equality and active participation in the decisions.
Expressing that there is not any obstacle for permanent connection of the electricity network between the two sides, Akıncı also said that they have reached an agreement for the steps to be taken to make mobile telephones operable on both sides of the country.
Furthermore, adding that they reached a consensus regarding de-mining, Akıncı said “We reached a consensus on de-mining 9 minefields in both sides. Military officials will conduct the details”.