Akıncı: “Issues regarding the map will be finalized without causing speculation at the last stage”

President Mustafa Akıncı stated that there are some other issues regarding “Territory” and they will be finalized at the last stage of the negotiations without causing any speculation.

In his statement following the meeting with Greek Cypriot Leader Anastasiades, President Akıncı said that all chapters have been discussed alternately as it was predicted in the 11 February 2014 Text, adding that the issues “Governance and Power Sharing” and “Economy and Relations with the EU” have been discussed previously and intense studies have been made regarding “Property” issue in the last few months.

Furthermore, stating that the “Territory” issue will be solved at the meeting attended by the guarantor countries, Akıncı expressed that their consensus is to discuss the names of the places, maps and percentages in the last stage of the negotiations.

Adding that there are differences of opinion and difficulties in addition to their common views, Akıncı said that they are working to overcome the differences so their meeting yesterday was very fruitful in this sense.

Expressing that the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s desire to meet with both Leaders in Davos was on the agenda of yesterday’s meeting, Akıncı said that he will attend the meeting within the framework of the known attitude of the Turkish Cypriot side.

Akıncı also stated that the members of the Committee on Education have been determined and the members will consist of 11 Turkish Cypriots and 11 Greek Cypriots.