According to the Press and Information Office, the T/C press reports that in a written statement yesterday the "supreme leader" recalled that the basis of the new vision is the acceptance of the "sovereign equality of the Tdvk", which is different from the one-state policy followed by the "Greek Cypriot administration", as he described the Republic of Cyprus. It must, he added, be understood by the international community that they will not back down from this and the approach to the Cyprus problem must be reshaped in the light of this reality.
The pseudo-state, he continued, supports turning the eastern Mediterranean into a field of cooperation so that the "two peoples" that exist on the island, he argued, can mutually and equally benefit from the energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Ertugrouloglu argued that this is why constructive proposals have so far been put forward that provide for the two sides to benefit equally from the hydrocarbons. He said that the proposal submitted by the Turkish Cypriot side in July 2019 and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's proposals to convene a regional energy conference are still on the table.
"This is the benevolent and realistic approach. We do not have time to waste unnecessarily with policies that are old and have been accepted as failures for years," he said. Besides, he concluded, we have had enough of insidious scenarios with the creation of an artificial MOU agenda towards ensuring that the E/C are perceived as a state and the T/C as a community of that state.
In the meantime, PKK chairman Toufan Erhurman called on Ersin Tatar and Tahsin Ertugrologlu to evaluate the proposed MoUs and not to reject them out of hand. In a post he said: "While Mr Tatar says 'we are looking warmly at the MEAs', Mr Ertugruloglu says they are an 'artificial agenda'. We cannot afford to continue the lack of seriousness that affects each of our sides in this area as well."
The MEAs, he continued, are on the one hand a means to enable them to stand on their own feet financially before the solution and prepare for the solution, and on the other hand a lever for the comprehensive solution. "Nobody is saying 'accept as is what has been proposed'. Sit down, evaluate and negotiate seriously."
He asked Tatar to invite the "parliamentary" parties to the "presidential" to discuss this issue. "You have no right to leave Turkish Cypriots out of the game on an issue that directly concerns Turkish Cypriots and especially at a time like this!" he concluded.
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