The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has carefully studied the content of the reports submitted to the Security Council by the UN Secretary General on the Good Offices and the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.
In the previous period we had made it clear to the UN representatives in Cyprus and New York that we expected an objective and accurate account of the situation in Cyprus over the last six months.
This would presuppose, inter alia, that both Reports would be clear on the need for the commitment and compliance of both sides and the Secretary-General himself to efforts to resume the Cyprus settlement negotiations under the agreed solution framework and on the basis of the UN Security Council Resolutions.
We would expect the Secretary-General to point out those who are attempting to upgrade the secessionist entity in the occupied territories, while trying to impose new fait accompli against Cyprus and its people, and not to follow the logic of equidistance by referring to the sharpening of rhetoric on both sides, as a result of which there can be no common ground between the two sides. The Republic of Cyprus cannot be equated with the rhetoric of Mr. Ertourgoulou, Mr. Tatar and Ankara officials.
Moreover, the only common ground that should guide the sides and constitute the institutional framework for the resolution of the Cyprus problem is the agreed basis for a solution and the UN Resolutions, which the Secretary-General himself has called for faithfully following.
Nothing other than the agreed framework should be encouraged or sought or recorded by representatives of the UN Secretary-General. It is obvious that in order to be objective, Reports should not include subjective opinions and/or assessments of the Secretary-General's representatives that are not confirmed by the facts.
Moreover, the results of the recent "municipal elections" in the occupied territories have demonstrated that Turkish Cypriots do not subscribe to Ankara's positions on the two-state solution.
The Foreign Ministry looks forward to the conclusion of discussions on the adoption of the Security Council Resolution on the renewal of the mandate of the peacekeeping force, which is the institutional guide for the presence and operation of UNFICYP in Cyprus.
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