The "υπεx" in a statement repeats the allegations about Varosha, while calling the Foreign Minister's statements "disingenuous", Ioannis Kasoulides, claiming that these statements present "their plans to launch the MoU as an important opportunity that Turkish Cypriots should not miss", according to a statement.
According to the GMP, the Turkish Cypriot press reports that the statement of the "supreme court" reiterates the position that the Cyprus problem is a "status issue."
"The fact that the international community treats the Greek Cypriot side as a state and representative of the whole island and the Turkish Cypriot people as a community of that state is the essence of the Cyprus problem," it is claimed. It is further claimed that "the only purpose of the Greek Cypriot side, emboldened by this unfair treatment, is to remove the problem from its essence with so-called Confidence Building Measures and to maintain the comfort zone offered by the status quo".
The "suplex" further states that "the attempt by the Greek Cypriot side to extend its sovereignty over our country by proposing so-called Confidence Building Measures cannot be accepted. The Turkish Cypriot side supports cooperation on different issues to be designed on the basis of the sovereign equality of the two states."
It is an irrefutable reality that there are two "states" on this island and that "tdvk" is the only competent "state" in the territories under its absolute sovereignty, is the claim made. The openings in the closed Varosha are made by the "government" in a show of absolute respect for property rights, it is added, and it is reiterated that the only interlocutor of both the Greek side and the UN in this matter is the pseudo-state. "We want to recall that the transfer of our sovereignty over the closed Varosha, which is part of our territories, is not an issue open for discussion," the statement of the "suplex" said.
On the other hand, the KDP in a statement supports the MoU saying that it is in the interest of the TCs. In a statement the party said that "while the interference talks in northern Cyprus continue, the package expressed by Cyprus Foreign Minister Kasoulides which included 'the opening of our airports and seaports to international travel and trade in exchange for Varosha' should be opened for discussion by large sections of society, with the participation of academics and non-governmental organisations."
As stated in the statement, this development will be beneficial to all, especially the Turkish Cypriot community, as these ports will be heavily used by both communities on the island and will create an opportunity for the two communities to come closer together and provide joint tourism services.
It is also stressed that the return of Varosha to its rightful owners will be an important confidence-building initiative and this opening will come to the fore with the start of a new result-oriented negotiation process.
It is noted that thereafter, the Turkish Cypriot side will cease to be the side that violated the relevant UN Security Council resolution.
Source: KYPE
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