The Turkish Foreign Ministry has described as unfounded reports that Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) are being discussed between Turkey and "southern Cyprus", as the Republic of Cyprus is described.
According to the MFA, T/C media report that the Turkish Foreign Ministry notes that the G/C side continues to seek support from third parties, notably the EU, for MoUs that provide for the return of the enclave of Varosha in exchange for the opening of the illegal UN-controlled Tybos airport and the EU-controlled Famagusta port for T/C commercial and other activities, describing as "allegations out of reality" the possibility of the Republic of Cyprus discussing the Cyprus MoU with Turkish officials.
Kipris Post reports that Turkish Foreign Ministry sources claim that the Greek Cypriot MOU proposals are "exhausted proposals aimed at distracting from the essence of the Cyprus issue and misleading, non-serious proposals that have been tried in time and failed." With these so-called proposals - as stated the aim is to remove the acquired rights of Turkish Cypriots.
"Turkey's agenda is to reassert the acquired rights acquired by Turkish Cypriots in 1960, namely sovereign equality and equal international status. Therefore, on our agenda there are no MOUs. In this context, the news in relation to the fact that an MOU package is being discussed by our officials with the Greek Cypriot side is news that is deliberate and out of touch with reality in order to create impressions," concludes the Kipris Post article.
Source: KYPE
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