Nikos Anastasiadis gave his last interview on the state channel on Thursday, February 2. The President was asked about the attitude he maintained among the candidates.
“My position was well known to both during the efforts to avoid this phenomenon recorded today.
I have also told the former Foreign Minister, one of my good colleagues, Nikos Christodoulidis, that if you claim the Presidency, I want you to know that my options are none other than one, the support of the President of the faction if and as long as he claims. I was clear, clear, honest."
Asked what he wants to keep as an afterthought, he said the fact that the Crans-Montana Summit was the largest and most successful attempt at resolution. "Maps were submitted, the outline of the General Assembly, the issue of security was raised for the first time.
It was an effort that, if Turkey really sought a solution, would easily have been achieved. What Mr. Tsavosoglou asked me (s.s. in September 2018 I told him that the two states will not be accepted by anyone) he told me about a confederation... (s.s. I explained to him the idea of a decentralized federation. I told him that the confederation envisages two states and therefore again we cannot move forward. This was misunderstood. He added that the reforms that were made were also important and spoke about the GeSY, the EEE".
The excerpt of the interview below was shown on the state channel's midday show.