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23 May, 2016President Mustafa Akıncı stated that everything has a saturation point, and the Cyprus problem has long reached such a point.
In his speech during one of his receptions Akıncı pointed out that 2016 is a really important year and said that significant and crucial periods have come and gone in the past, and may come in the future. Akıncı added:
“Everything has a saturation point and the Cyprus problem has long reached such a point. I believe that 2016 is the year of over saturation. When I think what may happen after this year, we might as well be squashing water. If we go into 2017 and we are still trying to negotiate, in 2018 the Greek Cypriot side will have presidential elections and they will live in that context. If nothing happens in 2018 and talks flow into 2019, this will drag on for too long.”
Akıncı also noted that this is why he believes all sides must realize the importance of the coming seven months ahead of them.
On the other hand; Akıncı stated: “They as the two leaders will work with all their strength for a solution in June and July, the framework of which is referring to a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation, as agreed in the February 2014 joint declaration. This is the achievable, reasonable, and to–date officially acceptable framework.”