As he said, “We agreed to set up a youth technical committee with 12 members on each side. We will recommend names to the United Nations until April 15. ”
Progress in four of the six points set by the UN Secretary -General, took place at today’s meeting at the old Nicosia Airport, the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides and the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. This was stated by President Christodoulides himself on his return to the Presidential, announcing a new meeting with Mr Tatar before Easter.
In his statements to the Presidential Palace, returning from the old Nicosia Airport, President Christodoulides initially noted that today’s meeting was initiated by the Greek Cypriot side, following the informal conference in Geneva.
As he said, there has been progress, in four issues and specifically, “we agreed to set up a youth technical committee with 12 members on each side. We will recommend names to the United Nations until April 15. “
The second issue, he said, “concerns the environmental issues, the Technical Environment Committee will discuss specific issues following the recommendation we have made in the discussions in Geneva.”
As the PDF said, “The third issue concerns the issue of cemeteries’ restoration. The Technical Committee for Monuments will proceed. “
He noted that “the fourth issue concerns the deception. What has been agreed is to exchange through the negotiators in relation to where we want to be deceived. “
As for the fifth point, that of the barricades, President Christodoulides said that there was progress, but not a result. As he explained, the debate was better than the previous time, there was some progress, but there was no announcement, and the debate will continue at the level of negotiators.
Regarding the latter issue, the President of the Energy, the President of the Republic noted that there are some demands that cannot be accepted on our part, as they escape the framework that the European Union itself has set, which has expressed interest in supporting this effort.
President Christodoulides said that, beyond these issues, he raised two other issues on his own initiative. One, he said, concerns the issue of implementation of those agreed on Pyla and the importance of implementing what was agreed and the second were some specific demands of the Maronite Community, which will be considered “and see if there will be a positive response”.
The president said he requested a new meeting as soon as possible, before Easter, which would happen. “We expect this week, as we have been informed by the United Nations in the bureaucratic procedures, to announce the personal envoy of the UN Secretary -General.”
Today, he added, all the movements and actions of the Greek Cypriot side moved in the context of those that took place and discussed in Geneva, with the sole aim of reopening talks on the basis of the agreed framework.
“There have been special references from my own and Mr. Tatar about what we discussed in Geneva and we are here, we know where we want to get, we know where we want to go, we know how to get to our goal and this effort is going on,” he said.
Asked where the Turkish Cypriot side’s positions are escaping from the European context, the President of the Republic said that “our position is that any confidence -building measures should enhance the effort to resolve the Cyprus problem on the basis of the agreed framework”.
He added that no MOE, which can be used as an infrastructure or used as arguments for another form of Cyprus solution, “and I am obviously referring to the two states, can not be accepted, and this is also the position of the European Union, as expressed by the well -known letter from the President of the European Commission and the European Commission and the European Council. fund. “
Asked what new arriving on the roadblock, President Christodoulides said that today there was a substantial discussion. “I explained how important to us is the issue of the Athenaeus and the issue of the granules, with specific distance references, with specific answers to concerns expressed,” he said.
He added that there was a debate, and he said he thought the debate was better than the previous one on the Turkish Cypriot side a mere refusal. “There was a discussion, we had arguments. We have also shown specific maps and these will continue, the discussions will continue at the level of negotiators, “he said.
Asked if Mr Tatar is no longer negative, President Christodoulides said he did not want to speak on behalf of Mr Tatar. “But I can tell you that there was a better discussion than the previous time. We do not have a positive effect, I explained why Pyroyanos-Athens is important, because it is important to the issue of granules, how the inhabitants of the areas will benefit, and when we talk about MOE, the whole of the Cypriot people should benefit. I understand the importance of an apple tree for him, what I asked for and explained, I repeat, using a map, is how important these two barricades are, “he said.
Asked if the map he presented was the one who presented in a previous discussion, the president responded positively. “Yes, with more specific references, with distances, with how it will work in both cases and on the subject of Pyrrhus and the issue of coconuts that concern a very short distance, which will greatly facilitate the lives of locals,” he said.
Asked if Mr Tatar would expect Turkey’s answers on the issue of the Maronite villages, Mr Christodoulides said he did not tell him how he would move after the meeting they had today, but many of the issues discussed were needed by Turkish and Turkish consent.
Finally, asked if there is a response to the request for exclusive employment with the Cyprus issue of the UN Secretary -General, President Christodoulides said this is being done by the United Nations to give the consent of the Republic of Cyprus.
“These clarifications were given to the need to deal exclusively so that in July we will have the effect and the result we aim to resume substantial talks,” he said, adding that there could be no appointment of an envoy, who will deal or visit Cyprus and the region.
“We want someone who is exclusively dealing with this issue and to help re -open talks. They are the ones we have transferred to the United Nations and I have to say that the United Nations itself perceives the importance. The UN Secretary -General was present in Geneva, with the Secretary -General we agreed some things, at the end of July with the Secretary -General again this meeting will be held and there should be results, “he concluded.
Source: KYPE