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Statement by the Government Spokesman
Mr Stefanos Stefanou
The Government Spokesman Mr Stefanos
Stefanou made the following statement yesterday: "The Turkish Cypriot
leader, Mr Mehmet Ali Talat, in a statement today in the course of a
joint press conference with the President of Turkey Mr Gul has repeated
well known, unacceptable positions for the creation of a new
partnership state in Cyprus based on two founding states, and for
political equality of the Turkish Cypriot and the Greek Cypriot people.
We have to point out that these positions do not help at all in
preserving the appropriate climate in view of the commencement of
direct negotiations between the two communities on September 3. In
addition these positions question everything that has been agreed upon
by the leaders of the two communities regarding the basis of the
negotiations and clash with UN Security Council resolutions which
determine a bizonal bicommunal federation with one and single
sovereignty, a single nationality and a single international
personality, in the context of which there will be political equality
between the two communities in Cyprus as the solution to be sought to
the Cyprus problem.
In Cyprus there is only one state, the internationally recognized state
of the Cyprus Republic and one people, the Cypriot people consisting of
two communities, the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot community.
In view of the commencement of direct negotiations between the two
communities we underline once again the need to avoid statements that
undermine the climate and sow doubt concerning the intentions of either
community.
The President of the Republic Mr Demetris Christofias will attend
negotiations with good will, determination and flexibility and
consistent to the principles of a solution to the Cyprus problem as
they are determined in the High Level Agreements of 1977 and 79, the UN
resolutions on Cyprus, the principles of international and European law
and everything that has been agreed upon by the leaders of the two
communities at their recent meetings. The goal is to find a solution
which will be in the interest of the whole of the Cypriot people the
soonest possible".
29.08.2008
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