The Democrat Party (DP) held an online meeting with Elizabeth Spehar, the Special Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for Cyprus.
DP Chairman, Tourism and Environment Minister Fikri Ataoğlu, DP Nicosia District Chairman Salih Çeliker and DP Foreign Relations Officer Mustafa Arabacıoğlu attended the online meeting, according to the DP statement.
At the meeting, 5 + 1 informal meeting, the last stage reached on Cyprus, the issue of Maraş and the vaccination policies implemented by the EU and the UN against Turkish Cypriots during the Covid-19 pandemic process were discussed. The DP delegation conveyed to Spehar the position of the Democratic Party on the 5+ UN unofficial conference, which is planned to be held in the near future.
“WE ARE READY TO CONTRIBUTE AS DP”
DP Chairman Ataoğlu stated that they are ready to contribute as DP if the 5 + UN unofficial conference, which is planned to be held in the near future, is held with the status of two parties, and that if the unofficial conference goes negatively, Turkish Cypriots will continue as one of the two equal sides a forwarded.
Ataoğlu also conveyed to Sphear that they are ready to contribute to the negotiation process that will start if the unofficial 5 + UN conference is completed positively, and if a solution acceptable to both sides is reached, as DP.
“A PRACTICE NOT INLINE WITH GOODWILL AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED”
DP Chairman Ataoğlu also stated that, in line with the decision of the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus, the practice that prohibits the passage of non-EU country citizens to the TRNC from Southern Cyprus airports to the island is a practice that is far from good will and should be removed as soon as possible. also reported that.
THE VACCINATION ISSUE… “THE EU AND THE UN SHOULD APPROACH A MORE SENSITIVE TO THE SUBJECT”
Vaccines, 84 thousand vaccines that arrived, it’s 80,000 of the from the Republic of Turkey, the EU said that 4 thousand of the vaccine by means of Northern Cyprus Greek Administration forwarded to the authorities.
Stating that this figure is very low compared to both the number of vaccines received by the Greek Cypriot Administration and the TRNC population, Ataoğlu conveyed to Spehar that the EU and the UN should approach the issue more sensitively in order to complete the vaccination very quickly.
THE SUBJECT OF MARAŞ…
During the meeting where the issue of Maraş was also discussed, it was reminded by the statements of the Greek Cypriot Administration Leader Nikos Anastasiadis that Maraş could be the subject of the exchange process, and it was noted that this statement was just an effort to gain time.
It was conveyed to Spehar that Maraş has been a topic in the negotiations for a long time, that it is not right to exclude the scope of the talks and deal with it alone, that Maraş should be handled within the framework of the UN resolutions and the Immovable Property Commission skillfully, and should be handled as part of a complete solution.
