President Anastasiades revealed that he proposed to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that they should meet in Paris and Erdogan counter-proposed that the meeting should take place in the northern part of Cyprus.
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In his remarks to journalists at the unveiling of a sculpture in memory of former President of the Republic of Cyprus Glafkos Clerides in Germasogeia, the President of the Republic referred to the two meetings he had with Tayyip Erdogan at the EU-NATO dinner in Madrid.
Asked to comment on the fact that the Turkish President had put pressure on the hosts of the EU-North Atlantic Alliance summit not to participate, he asked "why should I discuss or refer to the failures of others?"
In response to another journalist's comment that Erdogan attempted to downplay the brief meeting they had by referring him to the Turkish Cypriot leader, the President said there was nothing to downplay.
"It was an etiquette, friendly meeting. I have known him since 2005, Emmanuel Macron played his part and therefore we met, in fact twice, one during the reception and another after dinner, but again the discussions were of a friendly nature with only the intervention that we should at some point, and it is good that as long as our friend President Emmanuel Macron intervenes, if he wanted, I am ready, to meet in Paris, " the President said.
Asked if he had suggested it to him, he replied in the affirmative and when asked what answer he got, he said that he suggested they meet in the northern part of Cyprus and replied that that was out of the question.
Asked to comment on reports in the Turkish press that Tayyip Erdogan had emerged victorious from Madrid, the President of the Republic said that "he would have to project the retreat and why he retreated from the initial objections. I don't want to deal with Turkey's internal affairs."
Asked if he had been informed about the proposals submitted by Tatar to the UN Assistant Secretary General yesterday afternoon, the President replied "not yet. What I saw in the press some information. Yesterday morning when I met with the Assistant Secretary General, he did not have it in mind, after all it was delivered to him in the afternoon. When I receive it, there will be an appropriate response."
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