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5 March, 2018Prime Minister Tufan Erhürman has said that the latest statements made by the Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades showed that he has no intention of restarting negotiations to reach a settlement to the Cyprus Problem.
Speaking at a weekly press conference held at the Prime Ministry, Erhürman said that it was not possible to interpret the Greek Cypriot leader’s latest remarks as productive for the resumption of talks.
The Prime Minister pointed out that the Greek Cypriot leader’s statements contradicted those he had made in the past. Erhürman said, “Anastasiades was very much behind the progress achieved in Crans Montana, Switzerland, and was insisting on preconditions for restarting the talks”.
The Prime Minister added that Anastasiades had effectively “stuck a wedge” in the process of resuming the Cyprus negotiations process.