{"id":140391,"date":"2016-12-29T12:54:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T09:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/prime-minister-ozgurgun-made-a-presentation-about-the-cyprus-issue-at-lau\/"},"modified":"2016-12-29T12:54:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T09:54:20","slug":"prime-minister-ozgurgun-made-a-presentation-about-the-cyprus-issue-at-lau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/prime-minister-ozgurgun-made-a-presentation-about-the-cyprus-issue-at-lau\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn made a presentation about the Cyprus issue at LA\u00dc"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister H\u00fcseyin \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn visited Lefke, the sixth District of the TRNC, and made a presentation at the conference titled \u201cCyprus\u2019s Past, Present and Future\u201d.<\/p>\n

In his speech, \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn talked about the loan of Cyprus to Britain, the initiatives to unite Cyprus with Greece, how EOKA and TMT were established and the negotiations continuing today. \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn stated that the Greek Cypriots’ claim that the island has been divided into two parts with arrival of Turkey in 1974 does not reflect the reality as Turkey intervened in Cyprus in 1974 using the right given by the Guarantee Agreement. \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn emphasised that at the talks in Switzerland starting on 9 January 2017, the Greek Cypriot side and Greece will demand the removal of Turkey\u2019s right to intervene. This will cause problems, he noted.<\/p>\n

\u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn stated that the Annan plan provided for the return of one third of the territory under the control of the Turkish Cypriots to the Greek Cypriots. The Prime Minister noted that the Annan plan was refused by the Greek Cypriots with 75% of the votes since they wanted much more territory, and afterwards, the decision to lift the isolation imposed on the Turkish Cypriots was refused at the UN Security Council. \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn also said that the Greek Cypriot side\u2019s accession to the EU is used as an obstacle in Turkey\u2019s EU negotiations.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn said that one of the factors which cause problems in Cyprus is the natural gas resources explored offshore in the south. \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn underlined that this is the most important reason for the deadlock of the Cyprus problem.<\/p>\n

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