It is an informal dinner with no agenda to be held on the 38th floor of the UN building where he will once again convey his position which has been the same since the beginning and how his new policy, which he has consistently followed for the last 4 years, remains the same, with the full support of Turkey, said Turkish leader Ersin Tatar, leaving this morning from the occupied territories, via Turkey, for New York. He referred to a "national policy" he follows with Turkey and the 3 A's (direct trade, flights, contacts), speaking of inequality with the Republic of Cyprus, which is internationally recognized and a member of the EU.
Mr. Tatar, speaking to reporters at the illegal airport in occupied Tymbou, said there is a lot of speculation in various media on the pro-Russian side and in the international press. "But of course none of them should be ignored. None of these should be considered. What we say matters. We will be there to defend our rightful position, with the authority we received from the people and of course, after consultation with the guarantor country, motherland Turkey. We will maintain and protect this position," he said.
He again referred to the appointment of Mrs. Holguin and that with the termination of the duties no common ground was found between the two sides and noted that the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General did not have the authority to make a recommendation. "I repeat, it has become clear that there is no common ground."
What is the common ground, he asked and answered: "The common ground is our sovereign equality, equal international status, in short, our right to sovereignty, which comes from international agreements." This, he continued, is an inherent right from the 1960 Constitution, which comes from the struggle for survival that the "people" gave for years in these lands. "I always say, who is behind the 1960 agreements? Yes, it was Makarios as the Turkish leader, but there is also the signature of Dr. Fazil Kuciuk as the Turkish leader. There are also the guarantor countries Turkey, Greece and Britain. But this agreement would not have existed without the signature of Dr. Kuciuk."
Therefore, he added, the Turkish Cypriots are also the founding partners of the Republic of Cyprus. “Where are we now? They took the Republic of Cyprus at gunpoint after the bloody Christmas of 1963 and left. After the 1964 resolution, they tried to present the Republic of Cyprus to the whole world as if it were their property, and after the 2004 Annan plan, they were unilaterally admitted to the EU as a member state, even though we said yes and they said no."
Now, he said, we are faced with different gimmicks with arrests in recent months that increase pressure and tension between the "two peoples", as well as actions in tourism and "universities" to create more difficulties. in the economy of the pseudo-state.
“These will certainly rise to the New York meal. On the one hand they are trying to bring the two sides together, on the other hand the UN and its representatives are trying to bring us together on common ground and on the other hand, these are the games being played. What are the Turkish Cypriots doing? Turkish Cypriots are looking for their own rights, we have no aspirations for anything else. We only ask for our rights. We are waging a struggle to continue our existence in this country on the basis of equality and of course to remove some of the restrictions on the economy."
Ersin Tatar said he had also told Ms. Holgin that if a negotiation process was to begin, we should definitely be given "our existing rights in terms of direct flights, direct trade and direct contacts. Because the opposite side traveled a distance both as the Republic of Cyprus and as a member country of the EU. But we from here face all these difficulties, embargoes and isolations. This inequality, which is a treatment inconsistent with any justice, any world or culture, must be eliminated. What Turkish Cypriot can object to that? Nobody. This is our main fight."
He recalled the Turkish President's last speech at the UN General Assembly and said "thank God there is a strong motherland behind us" noting Erdogan's reports that "the book of federation is closed". He stated his "great opposition" to the position of the Greek side for zero guarantees - zero troops and to yesterday's reference by President Christodoulidis to the anti-occupation event of Morphou that "Morfoou is not a matter for negotiation and he considers it his territory ( SS of the KD)".
After all, he said, “there are our red lines. We will never allow Turkish Cypriots to become refugees again. We cannot compromise on the sovereignty of the Turkish Cypriots. The Turkish Cypriots can now continue on their way with their own state."
Mr. Tatar made special mention of the region's geostrategic importance, regional and international balance of power, Turkey's geostrategic position "and successful national defense industry," the Blue Homeland and the importance of airspace in the region, to say that for all this they give "a national struggle that is neither easy nor simple". "Let them say what they want in southern Cyprus. We implement a national policy with Turkey."
They must leave, he continued, a solid ground to the next generations and this solid ground is what Rauf Denktas had said "the state and sovereignty". "We will not back down from our state and sovereignty. If we do, many dangers await us in the future", he said, one realizes this if one sees what is happening in Gaza and Beirut, in Lebanon and how the UN and the SA have remained mere spectators. "That's why we don't want to go back, especially to the pre-1974 period."
“Therefore, if there is to be an agreement, a basis for negotiation towards an agreement, as we have stated, such a process can only be achieved by affirming our sovereign equality, our equal international status and our new sovereign right. Our hope and expectation is a two-state solution that will meet both geostrategic and geopolitical expectations, as well as security and energy resource issues in the eastern Mediterranean."
He comes, Mr. Tatar concluded, to the dinner aware of his responsibility and will try to defend the rights of the Turks and "national policy", announcing that he will also inform the public when he returns from New York.