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TRNC President Mehmet Ali Talat’s Special aide in charge of negotiations Ozdil Nami has said President Talat and the Greek Cypriot Leader Dimitris Christofias have reached a ‘substantial’ consensus at negotiations.

Mr Nami’s words came in response to the statements by the former Greek Cypriot Leader and current head of the working group on EU issues - George Vassiliou.

Mr Vassiliou evaluated the Cyprus negotiations process to a Greek Cypriot news agency.

He said the two sides reached consensus on ‘all’ issues in general, particularly on the chapter of EU matters.

Vassiliou was also quoted as admitting the mistakes of Greek Cypriots and Greece in the bitter history of the Cyprus problem.
He expressed the view that there isn’t such an issue called ‘guarantees’ in Cyprus as the island is a member of the EU.

“I now believe more that Talat and Christofias are obliged to bring a settlement in Cyprus. This is the first time such a genuine negotiations process is taking place in Cyprus” Vassiliou said.


Evaluating these statements to the BRT newsroom, Mr Nami said, what Vassiliou was speaking about the history of the Cyprus problem was the reflection of reality at a significant level.

On the issue of guarantees, Nami said the EU’s system of guarantee is not very much adequate for Cyprus due to the island’s unique position.