The tourist potential of Varosha is very important for the TCs, Ersin Tatar said, adding that for the past year and a half, despite the pandemic, the enclosed area of Famagusta has been visited by more than 400 people.000 people.
According to T/C media reports, speaking to journalists at the Antalya Union of Journalists, where he is attending the 2nd Diplomatic Forum, the T/C leader referred to the Cyprus problem and Varosha. He said that the opening of Varosha is very important for the future of the pseudo-state.
Referring to the Cyprus problem, he said we have entered a new era, adding that "we all know that the Greek-Greek duo can dominate more and the Turkish presence in Cyprus can be dissolved over time within a single sovereign structure." That is why, he continued, he has said that he is not going to talk about an agreement on the basis of federation anymore, but an agreement can be about a two-state solution living side by side. "This is also the will of the nation. This is a struggle to safeguard the Blue Homeland, the interests of both the TCs and Turkey in the region which are also linked to developments in the eastern Mediterranean."
Speaking to local media reporters in Antalya, Mr. Tatar reiterated his claim that based on the 1960 agreements in Cyprus there are "two founding peoples who are sovereign to an equal extent", and that the E/C, by force of arms, drove the T/C out of the (Republic of Cyprus), which has become a "E/C republic".
The T/C "people", he continued, are an integral part of the Turkish Republic and stressed the importance for them of Turkey's guarantee.
Responding to reporters' questions, Mr. Tatar underlined the importance for the pseudo-state of the transfer of water from Turkey and announced that the project for the new "parliament" and "presidency" buildings announced by the Turkish President last year is almost ready, for which the foundation stone will be laid in the coming months.
Moreover, speaking to the Turkish Anatolia Agency's correspondent in Antalya about the Diplomatic Forum, Ersin Tatar said that "you know for years there have been meetings in Davos. Now it is a general belief that the work of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum (ADF) has surpassed the meetings in Davos." He described as very important the meeting held in Antalya, within the framework of the Forum, of the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Ukraine. "What Turkey had to say to Russia and Ukraine, but also to the international community, it said. The issue was handled very well," he said.
He also said that both the Erdogan-Herzog meeting in Turkey on March 9 and today's Turkish President's meeting with the Greek Prime Minister
affect the effort to find a solution to the disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean. "Cyprus comes to the forefront in all these talks. Neither the Turkish side nor the Turkish Cypriot side is going to step back on Cyprus," he added.
He argued that Turkey's guarantee rights are very important and reiterated the new policy for a solution of two separate, sovereign states. "In the latest events between Russia and Ukraine, we see once again how dependent the West is on Russian gas and how many problems this creates. The stones (balancing forces) have been moved and the growing importance and value of this place (Cyprus) in the Blue Homeland, in the Eastern Mediterranean, has increased again after these events."
Meanwhile, in a statement to the envoy of the T/C "news agency" regarding the issue of the Pseudo-state flag on the helmet of German Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel, which was removed after complaints from the Greek side, Mr. Tatar claimed that the "e/C administration" maintains its hostile attitude towards the flag of the pseudo-state, even in a war environment where innocent civilians are being killed and a human tragedy is being experienced.
Vittel, he added, gave an anti-war message for Ukraine to the whole humanity, a message of brotherhood and peace, which the Y/C could not digest and used sport, a universal language, as a tool for their political purposes and voiced complaints. "This outdated mentality, which mixes politics with sport and fights for the continuation of unjust and inhuman isolation, cannot make a positive contribution either to sport or to world humanity living in peace and brotherhood."
It should be known, he continued, that explaining the new policy, which envisages the cooperation of two sovereign equal states, around the world with great determination, will continue their struggle against the antiquated "isolation" of TCs and obstacles against their human rights.
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