Spokesperson of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hami Aksoy gave a written answer to a question on the statement of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres regarding the Cyprus issue. Spokesperson Aksoy said the following:<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe \u20185+UN meeting\u2019 on the settlement of the Cyprus issue, which the UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres said he will convene following the Presidential elections in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, from our point of view does not mean the launch of a new negotiation process automatically on the Island or the continuation of the Conference on Cyprus from where we left off in Crans Montana in July 2017.<\/p>\n
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No common ground and vision exists for a settlement between the two sides on the Island.<\/p>\n
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All past negotiation processes have failed due to the fact that the Greek Cypriot side has not accepted the political equality, which is a requirement for a partnership on the Island and that it could not be defined in a concrete way. The underlying reason is the Greek Cypriots\u2019 unwillingness to share both power and natural wealth with the Turkish Cypriot side.<\/p>\n
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If a partnership is still desired on the Island despite this fact, political equality, as a principle requirement, should be recognised in advance by the Greek Cypriot side with its entire elements, and a new negotiation process should be built on it.<\/p>\n
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If this cannot be done, then the two sides should start a new negotiation process over a two state solution on the basis of sovereign equality. The idea of holding an informal \u20185+UN meeting\u2019, which was proposed by Turkey last year, aims at clarifying these issues.<\/p>\n
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Otherwise, as we have repeatedly explained, Turkey will not enter into a new negotiation process with dubious grounds and methods that have failed in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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