President Mustafa Ak\u0131nc\u0131 has stated that the Turkish and Greek Cypriots, as well as the three guarantor countries, will participate in the conference which will be held on 9 January in Geneva.<\/p>\n
President Ak\u0131nc\u0131 was speaking in response to questions from reporters following a leaders meeting.<\/p>\n
The agreement dated 1 December has not changed, the President said, before continuing: \u201cAccording to the agreement, the Turkish Cypriot side and the Greek Cypriot side will hold meetings from 9 – 11 January in Geneva. We will try to solve the outstanding issues in 5 chapters and will continue our meetings on 12 January in a five party conference. The three guarantor countries will be included in the conference. This is clear\u201d.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the President emphasised that there is an article in the agreement that states that other connected parties could be invited if needed. \u201cWe have put forth our position on the issue clearly. The EU was represented in B\u00fcrgenstock 12 years ago and will also be represented here as an observer to the negotiations. It is clear who the main participants are. They are the two Cypriot sides, representatives of both communities and the three guarantor countries. I think that expressing different opinions on a very clear issue is meaningless\u201d.<\/p>\n
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When asked a question about the tender for natural gas research, President Ak\u0131nc\u0131 emphasized that he does not expect any new exploration in the near future.<\/p>\n
Wealth derived from natural gas richness is a common wealth not belonging to a single society, Ak\u0131nc\u0131 said, and this should be transformed into a cooperation area instead of a tension area. This could be achieved, he added.<\/p>\n
The President stated that Cyprus\u2019 natural gas reserves should be combined with the Israel\u2019s gas and transferred through Turkey for the needs of Turkey and the Europe, as this is the most reasonable and cost-effective way after a solution. President Ak\u0131nc\u0131 also noted that both sides\u2019 different positions on Security and Guarantees in the Cyprus negotiations are not secret.<\/p>\n
Ak\u0131nc\u0131 said that if one side is insisting on a \u201czero guarantee – zero soldier\u201d stance, then this is not helpful. The other side\u2019s continuing disclosure that \u201cguarantees are inviolable\u201d is also inconclusive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe important point is that we do not want our security to fall into danger. We do not want this for the other community as well. We want this new guarantee system to be secured for us by Turkey. The other side does not want the same – this is the difference between us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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