Anastasiades' policy on the Cyprus problem leaves behind the current tragic deadlocks, independent candidate for the Presidency of the Republic Achilleas Dimitriades said in a written statement on Sunday.
Referring to the interview of President Nicos Anastasiades in the Athens newspaper TA NEA on Saturday, December 10, in which, as he notes, the President of the Republic reiterates once again that all his actions on the Cyprus problem have been flawless and therefore "he leaves with a clear conscience", Mr. Demetriades said that what President Anastasiades claims happened at the Crans Montana meeting on Cyprus is not supported by any other international player, adding that on the contrary, the UN Secretary General praised Turkey's stance in the talks and blamed the leaders of the communities in Cyprus for the shipwreck.
"After the wreck in Crans Montana, it is President Anastasiades himself who, according to statements by negotiator A. Mavroyiannis, "spoke to many people about two states in the form of a storm of ideas", which was confirmed by the late Archbishop in a public statement," he added. Demetriades added that it is President Anastasiades himself who in May 2018 rejected Akinci's proposal to make the Guterres Framework a "strategic agreement for the solution".
Unfortunately, the interview does not treat the institution of the president with honour, Demetriades noted, adding that "President Anastasiades claims that he has made "countless efforts to resume negotiations", while we know that he has made every effort to the contrary".
"I recall, along with the 'two-state ideals', his proposal to return to the 1960 Constitution and his suggestion for a 'decentralized' federation, which he avoided identifying as a concrete proposal at the talks table. And it is particularly disappointing that he expresses "concern" about Famagusta, when his own foreign minister, Nicos Christodoulides, in the face of real dangers, was talking about "fireworks", while President Anastasiades was showing apparent indifference to developments," he added.
Anastasiades' policy on the Cyprus problem, which was supported at every stage by his three close associates, leaves behind the current tragic deadlocks, the accession of the pseudo-state to the Organisation of Islamic States with the status of "observer", the exit of the Cyprus issue from the international agenda, the derailment of the Guterres Framework and Famagusta hitting the rocks of his negligence, he said. Demetriades, adding that with the end of his term, President Anastasiades and his close associates are delivering the Cyprus problem in its worst state since the invasion.
Source: KYPE
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