Akıncı: “Turkish Cypriot people cannot be just confined to the buffer zone”

President Mustafa Akıncı described the Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades’ attitude that he did not attend the dinner hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdoğan at the World Humanitarian Summit in İstanbul as a meaningless and unmeasured reaction.
Emphasizing that the Turkish Cypriot people are in favour of a solution, Akıncı said that the Turkish Cypriot people will not be confined to the buffer zone in Cyprus.
Akıncı returned to the island immediately after he attend the dinner given by Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdoğan in honour of state and government leaders who attended the World Humanitarian Summit, and at which he met with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Speaking at a press conference following his arrival, Akıncı made evaluations regarding his meeting with Ban Ki-moon, the dinner and Anastasiades’ protest. President Akıncı said, “It is really meaningless not to tolerate our presence there. Instead of acting reactively with emotions, we should move forward in the right direction with logic and wisdom.”
Pointing out that he did not go to İstanbul just for a dinner reception, Akıncı emphasized that he also met with the UN Secretary General.
Upon a question regarding if the scheduled leaders’ meeting will be held or not in the light of the recent developments, Akıncı said, “There is no reason that the meeting will not be held from our point of view. We will get ready for that meeting as usual and we will go to the meeting but if the meeting will not be held due to reasons beyond our control, I suppose that would be explained by the people who caused it.”