TRNC PR TALAT SAYS CYPRUS PROBLEM IS INTERNATIONAL AND THUS THERE CAN’T BE A ‘CYPRIOT’ SOLUTION
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Mehmet Ali Talat has voiced out that the Cyprus problem is no longer a problem to Cypriots only, but to the international community as a whole.
“It’s an international problem that is a matter to the whole world” Talat said.
Thus, there is no such a thing called ‘a Cypriot solution’ the President said, in his live interview to the TRT Turk Channel.
President Talat, who is continuing with contacts in the United States, answered TRT’s questions regarding the settlement of the Cyprus issue.
The President, who prepares to hold a meeting with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in New York soon, said Mr Ban needs to show more interest towards the solution of the Cyprus problem.
According to the President, the mentality which says the Cyprus problem can only be solved by Cypriots themselves can only delay the solution of the Cyprus problem, and any such delay will make the solution harder to achieve.
Referring to his contacts in the US, Mr Talat said the US can act as a catalyzer in the solution of the Cyprus problem as it is the super-power and a permanent member of the UN.
As in previous years, it might be useful for the US to appoint a special Cyprus representative, the President added.
The TRNC President moved on with his US contacts with a visit to the Genocide Museum in Washington, together with First Lady Oya Talat.
The Genocide Museum provides information about the history of genocide carried out against the Jewish people by the Nazis.
President Talat signed the guest book at the Museum and hoped that the humanity will not see such disasters ever again.
The President today also briefed a think-tank institution named ‘Foreign Affairs Council’ on the Cyprus problem.
He is going to hold meetings with Senator Richard Durbin and Member of Congress Robert Wexler later.
These two meetings will mark the completion of Mr Talat’s Washington leg of US contacts.
Mehmet Ali Talat will move on to New York tomorrow to meet with UN representatives of various countries who arrived in New York for the UN General Assembly meetings.
Meanwhile, First Lady and the Chairwoman of the Cyprus Turkish Women’s Solidarity Council Oya Talat has had meetings with representatives from US-based women’s associations.
The Cyprus Turkish women’s movement and women trafficking topped their discussions which took place at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington.