Meeting with UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, on Monday morning, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides requested, following the latest interventions by the occupying force in the enclosed area of Famagusta.
In statements to reporters on Friday afternoon, asked to comment on the latest developments, Mr. 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 yesterday 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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