According to the Press and Information Office, referring to Turkey-Greece relations, Akar said that Greece's efforts for militarization are futile. We attach importance to the importance of dialogue and say that this region is what this region needs. We say that what we want is peace. At every opportunity we talk about peace. I have also conveyed to my counterpart in Greece what our expectations are. We are in favour of dialogue. We are also in favour of enabling the peoples of the two countries to live in prosperity. We attach importance to dialogue and we say that this is what this region needs. We also say that this is also very important for NATO."
Meanwhile, T/C media relayed statements by the Turkish Foreign Minister that they will not waste another 53 years discussing the federation and claimed that in private meetings in foreign countries the idea of a two-state solution on the basis of sovereign equality finds support.
Mr. Cavusoglu also said that as a result of efforts for the recognition and outreach of the pseudo-state abroad, the pseudo-state has gained membership status in several international organizations and has opened representative offices in many countries,
"The Cyprus problem must be solved from the root. We negotiated the federation for 53 years, last time in Crans Montana we said we will not negotiate the federation again. This, once I said it, once Akinci said it. Later they may have changed their opinion, but we didn't."
He accused the Greek side that for 53 years they don't want a federation solution because they don't want to share anything with the Turkish side. "If they wanted to, they would not have broken the 1960 agreement. Because they see the TC people as a minority. And we are now saying that we have to go to a solution based on sovereign equality."
Regarding UN resolutions, the Turkish foreign minister said that even constitutions are changing. It makes no sense to impose something that will not happen, that is the reason for our criticism of the UN. It didn't happen for 53 years, is there any guarantee that it will happen from now on?"
According to the Press and Information Office, the Turkish Presidency's communications director, Fahretin Altun, referring to Ersin Tatar's speech the other day at the Turkish Council forum, said he gave the message that the pseudo-state "is the castle of the Turkish world in the Eastern Mediterranean." At the same time, the day before yesterday, Altoun gave the message on the international platform that Turkey has a clear position on the issue of a two-state solution in Cyprus.
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