In an event he participated yesterday (24th March), the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay informed the citizens about the Cyprus issue, the guarantees, the recent armaments of the Greek Cypriot Administration and the diplomatic developments in the hydrocarbon reserves in the region.
Stating that he wants the people to be at ease in terms of guarantees, Özersay said that he had also discussed with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Antalya in the past week all regional developments and he added that he is always in contact with Turkey. Özersay said: “Our sensitivity on this issue was underlined two days ago in Antalya in the joint press statement of the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Greek Foreign Minister Georgios Katrugalos.”
Özersay also added that on the one hand, entering into an armament process that goes beyond the defence purpose in the region, on the other hand, asserting that the guarantees are outdated, is not a very realistic and sincere approach
“Unfortunately the Greek Cypriot Administration does not seem ready for the political equality and the sharing of authorities in the administration as we have expressed many times,” Özersay said.