The Turkish Cypriot leadership will announce its own Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in the near future, which will be based on the principle of "sovereign equality", according to the "foreign minister", who also addressed the issue of strengthening the Air Force with helicopters to be purchased by the National Air Force from France.
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The "foreign minister", Tahsin Ertugruloglu assessed the House of Representatives' Defense Committee's approval of the purchase of six fighter helicopters from France. Referring to this development, the Turkish Cypriot politician said that the Greek Cypriot side will purchase a total of 12 fighter helicopters. "The most important aspect of this issue is its timing. The (T/C) friends who carry a positive view of the so-called Confidence Building Measures package of the Greek Cypriots, and criticize their 'government', should evaluate the situation once again."
Referring to the issue of the Confidence Building Measures, Mr. Ertogrouloglu reiterated the position that the only purpose of the proposals submitted by the Greek Cypriot side is to strengthen the position of the Greek Cypriot side as the side that controls the state, in which the TCs form a community.
According to him, "if the Greek Cypriot side is sincere about the Confidence Building Measures, it should accept the fact that it does not represent the whole island. Confidence building will begin with such a step."
In the context of the above statement, Ertuğlu added that in the next period the T/C leadership will present its own MOUs, the most important dimension of which, according to him, will be the acceptance of the "sovereign, equal status of the two sides."
Source: CNA
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