Published November 14,2024
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The president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) mentioned any makes an attempt to chop ties with Türkiye won’t be allowed.
Ersin Tatar, throughout a gathering with Türkiye’s Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz in Turkish Cypriot capital of Lefkosa, mentioned “the Greek Cypriots want to cut our ties with Türkiye [but] the Republic of Türkiye is our guarantor country, and its forces are the guarantee of peace, tranquility, and security here.”
“Everyone knows this. The TRNC not only represents its own lands but the Motherland, the “sky homeland,” and the “blue homeland” hold great potential in the Eastern Mediterranean as a whole,” he added.
Tatar mentioned after the 1974 Peace Operation, a brand new period of peace and calm started on the island.
He mentioned any future negotiations on Cyprus would happen between two sovereign, equal states with equal worldwide standing.
Tatar additionally drew parallels between the present scenario in Gaza and struggles the Turkish Cypriots have confronted because the Sixties, emphasizing they’ve the appropriate to find out their future in accordance with their language and traditions.
He mentioned this proper have to be revered by everybody, together with the UN.
Mentioning the failure to achieve an answer in Cyprus regardless of efforts such because the Annan Plan referendum and the 2017 Crans-Montana talks, Tatar mentioned: “The Greek Cypriot side has never had the desire to share equality, dignity, and wealth with us.”
Vice President Yılmaz, for his half, mentioned the Turkish facet won’t focus on federal proposals within the upcoming assembly on the Cyprus challenge.
“In the upcoming process, it has been agreed to reconvene in an expanded format with the participation of both sides, the motherlands, the UN, and the UK at a lower level, informally. Naturally, the Turkish side will not discuss federal solution proposals at this meeting,” he mentioned.
Reiterating Türkiye’s stance on the island, Yılmaz mentioned the Turkish Cypriots, “despite the pressure, terrorism, and intimidation efforts by the Greek side aimed at cleansing the island of Turks over the decades,” have managed to keep up their existence.
On TRNC President Tatar’s assembly with chief of the Greek Cypriot administration, Nikos Christodoulides, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Oct. 15, Yılmaz mentioned: “Following the informal dinner, the statement issued by the UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson, which officially recorded for the first time that no common ground was found between the leaders, is an important achievement. As Türkiye, we strongly support this vision. We believe that the chapter of a federation has been closed.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr