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President of the Republic Nicos Christodoulides yesterday asked the Turkish Cypriot leader in writing to visit the Anthropological Laboratory together in the coming days, as President Christodoulides said today, noting that he had also written to the UN Secretary General on the issue.
In his statements to journalists after the memorial service for those who died during the coup, which was held at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, and asked to comment on the Turkish plans in Varosha with the risk of creating new fait accompli, the President said: "surely the passage of time creates new fait accompli, like this."
We will make all diplomatic, political interventions. But the only way to prevent all these fait accompli is to resolve the Cyprus problem.
There is no other way. I want to be honest, absolutely honest with the Cypriot society. It is for this reason that from day one we have been working despite the difficulties, despite the challenges - I hear statements every day in relation to the possibility of resuming the talks, a negative approach, particularly from the Turkish Cypriot leader. We are also approaching the 20th of July and you understand that there will be corresponding celebrations in the occupied territories.
At the same time, precisely because the only way to prevent new fait accompli, among many other reasons, for us only the solution of the Cyprus problem on the basis of the agreed framework is the only option. There is no plan B, we will do and are doing everything possible. I will not engage in a blame game, especially in public. Every day, through our actions, we are trying to create those conditions so that the talks can resume.
It was for this reason that yesterday I addressed both the UN Secretary General and the Turkish Cypriot leader in writing, asking in the next period, around the end of July, beginning of August, to go together to the Anthropological Workshop on the issue of the missing persons. Black anniversaries, 20 July, so many missing persons. A purely humanitarian issue, so that we can also send a positive message. And our side will continue to send positive messages hoping that there will be a response."
Asked, he said: "previously there was a dialogue, there were some problems and I wrote to the UN Secretary General and Mr. Tatar asking to go to the Anthropological Workshop together sending a message to the society."
He added that "we have some other thoughts that, already, we have worked out showing exactly our goodwill, so as to create the conditions for the resumption of the talks which is the great, the national objective."
Asked whether the thoughts concern Turkish Cypriots or the talks process, the President said: "and not only. Our Turkish Cypriot compatriots and the talks in general and anything that can lead to the creation of conditions that will allow the resumption of meaningful talks from where they left off in Crans Montana."
Asked how the talks can resume if the Turkish Cypriot side raises the issue of sovereign equality, the President said: "let me make it clear that accepting anything that leads to another form of solution beyond the agreed framework of a bizonal, bicommunal federation is not even on the table for discussion. We are not going to engage in such a discussion and neither is the international community. And you have seen the United Nations Security Council itself, its clear position after the recent discussion.
At the same time, the easy thing for me would be to get into a game of public, daily blame game, recriminations and so on. What would be the end result?"
He added that "the agreed framework is there, the agreed framework can address concerns, I am ready to discuss concerns, worries, but always within the agreed framework."
(PM/MB)
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