At present, it does not appear that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are going to Geneva for the International Conference on Security and Guarantees, according to a source in the Greek Cypriot side, who has been informed. Athens for today's Tsipras-Erdogan telephone communication.
The same source does not rule out the possibility that the data will change by Thursday, January 12, when the international conference is scheduled to begin.
He noted, however, that there are thoughts about who could represent Mr Tsipras and Mr Erdogan at the international conference, but said no final decision had been made yet.
On the issue of EU representation at the International Conference, he noted that the EU delegation, which will include Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, will be the Security and Guarantee Conference and will be present during the discussion.
He also referred to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Special Adviser Espen Barth Aida's remarks on the EU's "special observer status" at the Conference on the reactions of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots to the EU representation. that there will also be a possible presence in Geneva of the 15 members of the Security Council either at political or diplomatic level.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday morning, the two leaders will begin their discussions with the Government chapter, where six issues are pending. It is recalled that their discussion on the Government, during their morning meeting on Monday, was interrupted and was short. Also tomorrow will be discussed the chapters of the EU and the Economy, where three and five issues respectively are pending.
In connection with the meeting of the leaders on Monday afternoon, during which there was a brainstorming on Security and Guarantees, the same source stated that there was a willingness to understand each other's concerns and both sides start from the beginning that what valid since 1960 can not be continued because the data are very different.
The same source said that nothing new emerged on the issue of Guarantees and Security during the Tsipra-Erdogan telephone conversation.
He also described the morning discussion on the Property as difficult and said that the experts from both sides discussed today for four hours the six issues pending in this chapter (from the e / k side he was the head of the e / k working group for the Property), following a relevant decision taken on Monday morning by the two leaders, they will jointly inform Mr. Anastasiadis and Mr. Akindzi tomorrow about the outcome of their discussion.
Regarding the issue of the rotating presidency, the same source said that there was no discussion but the positions of the two sides on this issue were repeated, on which, as is well known, there is disagreement.
Source: KYPE