Ersin Tatar said that he analyzed his proposals for cooperation in 4 areas to the European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, saying that the T/Cs are "one side in the hydrocarbons issue" and that the electrical interconnection of the pseudo-state and "southern Cyprus" via Turkey "will solve the energy problems to a large extent both in the north and in the south".
According to T/C media reports, the Turkish Cypriot leader, in statements after the meeting yesterday afternoon with Ms Ferreira in his office, also said that the 1 billion euro figure referred to by the Commissioner could be used for the issue of energy in Cyprus. He also mentioned the importance of protecting the environment by using solar energy, which is also one of his proposals.
He also spoke about the importance of interconnection by cable through Turkey and asked the EU to look at this issue more comprehensively, saying that the interconnection with the EU through Turkey can be achieved in just 3 months.
He told Ferreira that the Turkish side will soon propose to the Greek side the establishment of a joint committee on migration.
Tatar said that Ferreira has good personal relations with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and it is an advantage for the Turkish side to be able to meet with a person within the EU who has good relations with the UN.
He recalled that Guterres is aware that there is currently no common ground on the Cyprus problem "in terms of sovereign equality and equal international status", but even if a negotiation process cannot be started, it is to the benefit of both sides to have a dialogue.
Turkey and TCs, Tatar told Ferreira, will do everything in their power for a lasting peace.
He reiterated his position that if the sides are not equal in an agreement then what is created will collapse, as it did in 1960. He argued to the European Commissioner that the admission of the RoC to the EU - referring to "southern Cyprus" was an injustice to the TCs and therefore there should be similar support for the pseudo-state, which "does not see the support and benefits it deserves. I said this (to her) clearly, unequivocally."
Tatar also said that Ms Ferreira's reaction to what he said to her was where good. He also complained to her that during the pandemic in the pseudo-state not even 1/10 of the aid the EU gave to the Republic of Cyprus was given.
On the halum issue, he told the European official - as he said - that the EU "can control me, but the Republic of Cyprus cannot. I said, send someone directly to check the haloumi factories. Because I am a separate state. Whether you recognise it or not, I am a separate state, you have to understand that. But you, without a solution to the Cyprus problem, you took Cyprus into the EU and accepted the RS as if it were the government of the whole of Cyprus. And this is causing problems."
Source: CNA
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