Foreign Ministry meets with UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus on interventions in Varosha "If we don't move forward with the MEAs, there will be more, beyond what happened in Famagusta," says Foreign Minister
Meeting with UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, will have Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides, on Monday morning, following the latest interventions by the occupying force in the enclosed area of Famagusta.The meeting will take place at the Foreign Ministry.
In statements to reporters on Friday, asked to comment on the latest developments. Kasoulides said that during the meeting he would recall that the Special Representative "had asked for some things that we could do for the benefit of the Turkish Cypriot community and we responded, so we demand a similar response from the other side, not what we saw from the occupation authorities."
Responding to a reporter's question on the effectiveness of the Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), the Foreign Minister replied that "if we don't move forward with the CBMs, there will be more than what happened in Famagusta" and noted that "we all need to realize that whatever it is in our power to do in the enclosed area of Varosha, we have to do it and that is what we are trying to do."
He further clarified that the MOU is not a package offered on a "take it or leave it" basis. "We will negotiate it, they can make other proposals and we will listen to them, but for us, the main body of the whole effort is to save Famagusta," he concluded.
Source: KYPE
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