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30 April, 2019Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay evaluated his Istanbul contacts on BRT
2 May, 2019Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay stated that it has become clearer in the last years that it was a wrong decision to make the Greek Cypriot side an EU member unilaterally 15 years ago on 1 May 2004, who prevented solution of the Cyprus problem, and stressed that the Turkish Cypriot people have paid the price of this wrong decision.
Minister Özersay added that this unjust EU membership was an unfair action which was against the EU’s own values and we as the Turkish Cypriots have paid the price of this unfairness for the last 15 years. This short-sightedness caused the Turkish Cypriot side to move further away from a solution and the Greek Cypriot side securing a greater comfort zone. Following their EU membership, the Greek Cypriot side has undertaken a mission to put obstacles or delays on each issue.
In his statement yesterday (1st May), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay stressed that the Turkish Cypriot people have become the victims of this mistake of the EU, however, this situation will not change the reality of the Turkish Cypriots being European citizens.