Tatar: "Formal negotiations only with recognition of sovereign equality"

"If we want formal negotiations, our equality on the international stage must be accepted."

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"Our sovereign equality must be accepted in order for formal negotiations to begin," said Ersin Tatar.

In an interview with the Turkish channel CNN Türk, Ersin Tatar commented on the images of Greek Cypriot priests firing, saying that "the church has a great influence on politics on the Greek Cypriot side for years" and that the Greek Cypriot side reacted to them. the images. "It is never acceptable. "It was necessary to bring this issue to light, which was published in a local newspaper," he said.

An agreement where both sides can live in peace and tranquility on the island, taking into account the realities of Cyprus, requires the cooperation of "two separate states on the basis of sovereign equality," he said. "We also tell the political authorities that if there is to be an agreement in Cyprus, the church should be held back," he said. He claimed that "there are two separate sovereign peoples" in Cyprus and that "every people has the right to determine its own future".

Ersin Tatar said they wanted an agreement "of two states living side by side on the basis of equality of sovereignty in Cyprus", adding that "an agreement on a federal basis, which would refer to a single structure, is not possible" and that the confederation talks, which had been tried for years, had not ended. He claimed that "the Greek Cypriot side became a unilateral member of the EU, of which Turkey is not a member" and that the "Greek Cypriot duo aims to get Turkey off the island".

The Greek Cypriots, he continued, "want us to have losses in the Blue Homeland, the administration of the island to move to the EU and become a completely Greek Cypriot island. That is why they want to abolish Turkey's guarantee regime. "

He said that in his appeals to the Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiadis, he mentioned that there is a need for dialogue, because it is useful and that through dialogue, positions can be developed. "But these are not formal negotiations. If we want formal negotiations, our equality on the international stage must be accepted. We are accepted in these meetings as a community, not as an official state. "If there is going to be a formal negotiation, we have to sit at this table on an equal footing."

Tatar further stated that "our sovereign equality must be accepted in order for the formal negotiations to begin" and spoke of the importance of "maintaining the Turkish-Greek balance in the eastern Mediterranean".

Regarding the assassination of Turkish businessman Khalil Falgiali, the Turkish leader said "we never approve of these events. "Our security forces are very successful, there are some findings, they are very close to clarifying the case."