The efforts to find a comprehensive solution for the Cyprus problem are being maintained. The two leaders are scheduled to meet on Thursday (28 May 2009) at 10:00 to discuss the issues under the heading of economy. Meanwhile, the representatives of the two leaders had a meeting yesterday (25 May 2009) and continued undertaking the said issue. The work of experts from both sides will also continue today and the representatives will meet again tomorrow (27 May 2009).
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Conerning the report prepared by the United Nations Secretary-General and submitted to the Security Council to extend the mandate of the UNFICYP serving in Cyprus, we welcomed that it determined the negotiation process can not be open ended and there was a call to speed up the negotiation process and reach a solution within a reasonable time frame.
As it is known, the UN Security Council urged the two leaders to increase the momentum in the negotiations through its 12 December 2008 dated and 1847 numbered decision and 30 April 2009 dated presidential statement.
The Turkish Cypriot side does its part to speed up the process and is also determined to continue to do so. While we welcome the calls and efforts of the UN authorities, we would like to point out to the efforts and calls of President Mr. Talat on the issue as well.
In the meantime, it should be reminded that in his statement after the issue was undertaken at the UN Security Council, the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the UN has once again underlined that Turkey wants to solve the Cyprus problem. In the said statement, it was stated that there were some requisites and they were listed as “more frequent meeting of the two leaders, a limit for the process, the two sides’ need for the assistance of the UN”. These are the elements the Turkish Cypriot side has been laying emphasis on for a long time now and this position of Turkey, who is being hold responsible for the deadlock in Cyprus, is significant in terms of indicating the decisiveness of Turkey to support the efforts of settlement.
On the other hand, the news items published in the Greek Cypriot press regarding the fact that the ECJ decision on the Orams case was not included in the report proved that the Greek Cypriot side does not deem the Orams case decision as a legal text but seeks to achieve some political results through it. The location to settle the property issue, one of the basic aspects of the Cyprus problem, or any other problem is the negotiation table. The calls made by the UN Security Council are the clear indications of this as well.
Despite some missing parts and inaccuracies, the report of the UN Secretary-General includes some objective assessments and it is politically balanced. Our views regarding the technical aspects of the report will be conveyed to the UN via a letter as usual.
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