President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday he would not accept any downgrading of the Republic of Cyprus and added that the UN had handled the Istanbul incident poorly.
When Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was invited to a dinner hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday night during the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, it prompted Anastasiades to shun the event and expedite his departure from Turkey. Akinci’s arrival had been unexpected and Anastasiades had been informed by the UN of the last-minute surprise, which also included a meeting between UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Akinci.
Asked whether he thought he had been ‘set up’ by the United Nations, Anastasiades said on Wednesday night on the sidelines of the SEK conference in Nicosia, that it was more a matter of “poor handling “which will not be tolerated”.
“I do not accept in anyway the downgrading of the Republic of Cyprus” he said.
“A bicommunal dialogue between the two communities is one thing and the state of the Republic of Cyprus which is recognised internationally, is another.”
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