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PR TALAT CALLS ON GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE

President Mehmet Ali Talat has issued a Bayram message by calling on the Greek Cypriot side to intensify its efforts so that a solution to the Cyprus problem can be achieved as quickly as possible.

In a statement he made after accepting well wishers at the Presidential Palace yesterday morning, President Talat said he has been trying to find a solution to the Cyprus problem.

Noting that he had been working hard to overcome the problems that had emerged at the negotiating table, the President pointed to the importance of finding peace within Cyprus.

‘The Greek Cypriot side must show flexibility and allow the Turkish Cypriot people to have political equality in the new partnership that will be established at the end of the negotiations process’, said President Talat adding that ‘we must intensify the negotiations process so that we can achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem as soon as possible’.

Explaining that everyone knows that the Cyprus issue will be solved within the United Nations Parameters, President Talat said ‘a bizonal, bi communal and two politically equal constituent states based on a new partnership will emerge at the end of the negotiations process.’

Noting that it wasn’t enough for a solution to emerge with only the Turkish Cypriot side showing good will at the negotiating table, President Talat said the Greek Cypriot side must do the same.

The President called on the Greek Cypriot side, in the spirit of Bayram, to accept the Turkish Cypriot people’s rights and to solve the Cyprus problem together.

CHRISTOFIAS CLAIMS HE IS READY TO SHOW THE NECESSARY FLEXIBILITY AT NEGOTIATING TABLE
The Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias claims he is ready to show the necessary flexibility at the negotiating table to find a solution to the Cyprus problem but that doesn’t change their demands at the negotiating table.

Speaking during an event, Hristofias touched upon the Cyprus issue by saying that Greek Cypriot side is ready to show the necessary flexibility with a view to creating the necessary preconditions that will lead to a mutually accepted settlement of the Cyprus issue.

He also said that he is determined to defend principles and values which are internationally safeguarded.

“We do not compromise with division or the notion of the existence of two peoples on the island and no one has the moral right for such compromises”, Hristofias claimed, adding that direct negotiations on the Cyprus issue which began on September 3 this year opened a window of hope.

“We have proved internationally our sincere intention and political will to reunite our country,” he said, noting that “we refuse to compromise with unacceptable and new given solutions.”

The Greek Cypriot leader said that “we remain firm on our principles, a solution which will restore and safeguard human rights and the fundamental freedoms of the people, including the right of the refugees to return to their homes and properties.”

He continued by saying that the Greek Cypriot side expected the Turkish Cypriot side to show the same spirit of cooperation.

Christofias claimed “we are struggling for a settlement on the basis on UN resolutions for Cyprus, a settlement that will provide for the demilitarization of a United Federal Republic of Cyprus, with a single and undivided sovereignty, an international personality, a single citizenship and political equality, as provided by the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and a settlement that will certainly abide by EU principles and values.”

[denizaksulu]

Same sounds, different messages.

These talks are doomed. Can we have a new set of negotiators please?Preferably with the same goals.

How can one mention Turkish Cypriot rights without reference to Greek Cypriot rights?


As soon as anything will be signed (if ever) One of them will be kicked out, the other a hero.


As they used to say in the bad old days, 'seni endireceyik, onu asacayik'. A reference to the then leaders' photographs hanging on a wall. (we will take you down and hang you (your) up there.

[halil]

TALAT’S LETTER TO BAN LEADS TO CRITICISM IN THE GC MEDIA
Reactions were given to President Mehmet Ali Talat’s recent letter to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in the Greek Cypriot press.

The letter which was dated 28th November was a response to speeches delivered by the Greek Cypriot Leader Demetris Christofias and the Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyanni at the UN General Assembly meeting in September.

In response to statements of the so-called “ongoing invasion”, the President’s letter to the UN Secretary-General reminds of the fact that Turkey’s intervention in Cyprus came with its rights stemming from the 1960 agreements.

It also refers to the Greek coup that took place in Cyprus before Turkey’s military intervention.

Mr Talat in his letter states that Mr Christofias is speaking of restructuring the current “Republic of Cyprus”- that is to transform it into a bi-zonal and bi-communal federation-, noting however that such thinking is not on the agenda.

The President brings it back to the joint Talat-Christofias statement of 23rd May 2008 which points to the establishment of a “new partnership” based on two constituent states.

Talat’s letter also draws attention to the fact that Christofias rejects the UN’s active mediation and setting up of a calendar for solving the Cyprus problem.

The letter, which is the second recently sent to Mr Ban, has been the centre of strong criticism within the Greek Cypriot media which claimed that the letter was spread at the UN headquarters illegally by Turkey.

Greek Cypriot Haravgi Newspaper said in its headline that the letter was a provocation which is claimed to be distorting the UN Resolutions and agreements previously reached between the two leaders in Cyprus.

According to the newspaper reports, the AKEL parliamentary speaker Nikos Katsuridis said he expects Mr Talat to make contributions to dialogue and the realization of a common vision of single homeland.

The Head of the Greek Cypriot House of Representatives and DIKO party Leader Marios Karoyan for his part pointed to the need for pressurizing Turkey to give up with its so-called “intransigent” approach.

He also said that the letter once again proves the Turkish policy of parthenogenesis- which was a formula introduced by Lord David Hannay- Britain’s former Special Envoy to Cyprus- that envisaged the formation of a new confederal partnership in Cyprus which would be based on the existence of two states and two peoples.

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its the tc side that needs to be more flexible

[Viewpoint]

Same sounds, different messages.

These talks are doomed. Can we have a new set of negotiators please?Preferably with the same goals.

How can one mention Turkish Cypriot rights without reference to Greek Cypriot rights?


As soon as anything will be signed (if ever) One of them will be kicked out, the other a hero.


As they used to say in the bad old days, 'seni endireceyik, onu asacayik'. A reference to the then leaders' photographs hanging on a wall. (we will take you down and hang you (your) up there.

These 2 are the best we have, its downhill from here..so make the best of it otherwise forget a solution.