The issues of aliens, migration and citizenship were on the agenda of today’s meeting.
Speaking to reporters upon his return to the Presidential Palace, President Mehmet Ali Talat said that they had found the opportunity to reassess views put forward earlier on the issue of aliens, migration and citizenship.
The President also said that the Turkish Side’s maintained its position that the issue of Turkish origin TRNC citizens was not subject to debate or bargaining.
“The Greek Cypriot Side however is insisting on limiting the number of people who became TRNC citizens after 1974. Our fundamental principle is the continuity of administrative decisions taken before a settlement, after a settlement” said Talat.
He also said that the Greek Cypriot Side was also presented with examples from other countries concerning the issue of citizenship.