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He will not engage in a public confrontation with the Turkish Cypriot leader, President of the Republic Nicos Christodoulides said tonight in relation to Mr Tatar's provocative statements, adding that he is not here to manage the Cyprus problem communicatively.
In his remarks to journalists, while attending the event for the Missing, at the Panorama of the Missing, in Corno, the President of the Republic, asked to comment on the new provocative statements of the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community Mr. Ersin Tatar, said: "I am not going to engage in a game of public confrontation, because it is a game, if we want to be serious, with Mr. Tatar."
The Cyprus problem is not going to be resolved through public negotiation. I am here with determination, with seriousness, with realism and I will do everything possible to create the conditions for breaking the deadlock, for resuming the talks and for resolving the Cyprus problem.
And if Mr. Tatar will allow me. Tatar, let me urge him to see what the majority of our Turkish Cypriot compatriots who are part of the Cypriot people, who are clearly in favour of reunification, in favour of the resolution of the Cyprus problem on the basis of the agreed framework, want.
I am here to honour our fallen and our missing, a humanitarian issue on which, far from any political or other considerations, we must do everything possible.The passage of time, you understand, creates more difficulties, more problems, and it is for this reason that from the first meeting I had with Mr. Tatar before I even took office, but also recently, in writing, I asked for this visit (to the Anthropological Laboratory) and I am glad that there was a positive response. We are working and I believe that we have also reached a joint communiqué to send a positive message especially on this humanitarian issue and I hope there will be a response, and above all, because that is where the key lies, that there will be cooperation in particular on the part of Turkey, whether it concerns the military zones or the archives of the Turkish army."
Asked if the date of the visit to the Anthropological Laboratory has been set, the President said: "We are in the final stage, it will be at the end of July."
Asked to comment on the Turkish President's descent into the occupied territories, President Christodoulides said: "We are waiting for Mr Erdogan to come, we will hear what he says and we will be here to comment on it. My approach is that I am not going to engage in a public debate. I am not here to manage the Cyprus issue communicatively, I am interested in the substance and the substance is how we break the deadlock so that talks can resume."
(PM/EP)
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