by halil » Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:42 pm
‘WE SHOULD AVOID PAST POLICIES’
“We should avoid the non-solutionist policies of the past and seek integration with the world” President Mehmet Ali Talat has said. The President addressed the public yesterday during visits to villages around Gazimagusa(Famagusta) as part of his election campaign. Talat said that this month’s presidential elections will have a vital role in shaping the future of the Turkish Cypriot People.
On the negotiations process, the President denied claims over the failure of progress.
Meanwhile, the presidential sources have said that President Talat took a new initiative to accelerate the reintroduction as well as the implementation of the EU Direct Trade Regulation introduced for the Turkish Cypriots.
The President spoke over the phone with the EU term-president Spain’s Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, the Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, the Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule, EP Vice-President Libor Roucek and the Chairman of the EP Socialist Group Martin Schulz asking support for the immediate implementation of the regulation.
The EU will re-consider the implementation of the regulation this month.
On the other hand, President Mehmet Ali Talat and the Turkish Cypriots negotiations team have held a press conference to provide detailed information over the course of comprehensive peace talks launched in September 2008.
The content of issues of convergence and disagreement has been publicized at the conference.