Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Ersin Tatar on Monday criticized current arrests by the Greek Cypriot Administration of people who bought property within the TRNC, describing them as “terrorist activities.”
Tatar obtained Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, the UN secretary-general’s private consultant for Cyprus, on the TRNC presidential compound.
Holding a press convention after the assembly, Tatar criticized the actions and conveyed their discomfort to Cuellar to be conveyed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Tatar mentioned he knowledgeable Greek Cypriot chief Nikos Christodoulidis that the arrests have been having a damaging influence on the peace course of.
He emphasised that no progress could possibly be made, both within the UN-supervised trilateral assembly or in broader negotiations, until the Greek Cypriot facet halts the arrest of people who’ve bought property within the TRNC.
He mentioned the Greek Cypriot Administration is attempting to strangle the TRNC, which is already below embargo and isolation, and labeled the actions as “terrorizing.”
“The terrorizing actions of the Greek Cypriot side continue to increase. The attacks are a miscalculation aimed at bringing us to our knees. We have conveyed this situation to the UN. There is a great discomfort due to property issues. Until these issues are addressed, the trilateral meeting will not benefit anyone.”
After the assembly, Cuellar mentioned she listened fastidiously to Tatar’s issues, they mentioned confidence constructing measures agreed by the events in Geneva in March, and that they should obtain outcomes on these points for the following assembly in New York in July.
Cuellar mentioned she had a superb assembly with Tatar, including that she’s going to meet Christodoulides on May 30.
The UN official mentioned she would attempt to do her finest on Cyprus, and construct a bridge between the events for concrete outcomes.
Source: www.anews.com.tr