Limited is the visibility in the T/C press of the meeting between the President of the Republic and the T/C leader last night at the UN reception at the Ledra Palace.
Halqin Sisi and Avrupa publish a photo and point out that the two leaders met after eight months. According to the Press and Information Bureau, the main topic is the Anastasiades-Tatar meeting in the front page of Kypris, which refers to statements made by the T/C leader to a journalist of the newspaper. Ersin Tatar said he conveyed to President Anastasiades "the desire of the Turkish side to do everything in their power to remove the difficulties observed in the crossings between the two sides and in this context they are ready to open the barrier of Mia Milia".
He added that they will meet again early next year, even though President Anastasiades' term ends in February, as it has become a tradition to hold a social meeting during the first days of the year. "We have never withdrawn, we have never withdrawn from social meetings or talks, and we will not. But our stance has been stated. We are right and we stand by our positions. It is important for us to accept our status, the sovereign equality of the Turkish Cypriot people. There is no question of turning away from the path we are following if these things are not done."
The Turkish Cypriot "people", he continued, have spent enough time for the sake of holding talks, however, the Greek Cypriot "neighbours" must give up the dreams of returning us to the pre-1974 situation and putting the whole island under their hegemony, he argued.
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