CBBB wrote:The requests for a joint statement are being made in order to boost Talat's chances at the pseudo-elections (I put the pseudo in so I don't get bollocked!).
I think their will eventually be a joint statement about progress, but only after Christophias gets some concessions out of Talat. You know it makes sense!
Oyster's From Dervish...........
`TRNC IS A SOVEREIGN STATE`
Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu has underlined the need to give a message to those perceiving the TRNC as a community at the table that there is a sovereign state in the North of the island.
Prime Minister Eroglu came together with former and current National Unity Party deputies at dinner last night.
In an address at the event, the Prime Minister said `we are all have been carrying out a joint struggle for our people and the State`, adding that their final objective is to claim the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
On the Cyprus issue, Mr Eroglu said there are messages needed to be given to those who still perceive the TRNC as a community.
`There are people who are still rejecting our sovereignty and who are still debating it. No debate can be held over the issue` he said, adding that first of all the TRNC’s sovereignty should be accepted at the table.
The Premier said it is time to explain to the world and the Greek Cypriot Leader Dimitris Christofias that it will be easier to reach an agreement if the Cyprus Turkish people’s sovereignty is accepted.
‘CRUCIAL ISSUES PUT ASIDE’
Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu has complained that the most crucial issues have been put aside at the negotiations table. “You can’t resolve the Cyprus issue by negotiating the chapters on EU Matters and Governance and Power Sharing” the Premier said, while receiving members of the 50. Anniversary of the TMT - the TMT Association President Yilmaz Bora and the President of the Cyprus Turkish Fighters’ Society Vural Turkmen today.
Stating that the Cyprus Turkish national struggle was crowned with the establishment of the TRNC, Prime Minister Eroglu said that a settlement, which will make it possible for the Cyprus Turkish people to live with honor, can be reached only if the Cyprus problem is considered as a whole.
He said that the Greek Cypriot Side has been continuously asking for concessions because of the failure to bring crucial issues, such as territory and guarantorship, to the table and the attempts to please the Greek Cypriot Leader Christofias.
For his part, Bora called on the TRNC people to protect their state.
He said that the Association is dissapointed with the acceptance of principles of single sovereignty and citizenship and claimed that the issue of guarantorship was also opened to debate.
Bora also announced that they will support Mr Eroglu in the presidential elections.