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8 December, 2017Erdogan: “We know who was responsible for the breakdown of the talks”
8 December, 2017Presidential Spokesperson Barış Burcu has said that by limiting the European Parliament President Antonio Tajani’s meeting programme to South Cyprus alone, both he and the EU are failing to acknowledge the Turkish Cypriot people.
In a written statement Burcu said: “We want to remind President Tajani that the Turkish Cypriot people are an equal partner in Cyprus, and that they also have the same rights as the Greek Cypriot people. Two of the six seats in the European Parliament belong to Turkish Cypriots, but they have been taken up by the Greek Cypriot side since their one-sided accession to the EU in 2004. The President of the European Parliament should acknowledge this reality and must work to alleviate this injustice and democratic deficit.”
Burcu stressed that Tajani should not avoid holding meetings with the Turkish Cypriot side, noting that the former European Parliament President Martin Schulz met with President Akıncı in the TRNC during his last visit to the Island.