He confirmed that he responded positively to the UN Secretary General's proposal for an informal dinner with the President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, and Ersin Tatar, upon returning from New York last night to the occupied territories.
As reported in the occupied territories, the Turkish leader in statements at the illegal airport of Tymbou reiterated his position that his vision as he presented it in Geneva in April 2021 is valid and the Turkish side "is not going to participate in a negotiation table until sovereign equality and equal international status are recorded'.
Mr. Tatar argued that in addition to the "embargoes" and restrictions on T/C, the pressure exerted by the U.S. side has increased recently and he conveyed these to Mr. Guterres with examples and asked him to intervene and the GG said she has an idea, to bring the two sides to an informal dinner.
The Turkish leader said that he responded positively to this proposal for dinner, which will not be formal in the context of the Cyprus talks. He also explained that since "there is no common ground, a climate can be created where the future of Cyprus can be discussed in an informal 4+1 consultation meeting with the motherlands under the UN."
At the UN General Assembly, Mr. Tatar reported, he said that since Ms. Holgin also found that there is no common ground, “we have stated that it will not be possible for us to enter into a formal negotiation process at this time. We told them that we can discuss issues such as the interconnected electricity system, water, the prevention of irregular migrants and other issues."
In his statements, he also recalled Erdogan's appeals in the last three GAs, 77th, 78th, 79th, to recognize the pseudo-state and establish diplomatic, commercial and economic relations. It was also mentioned in the position of the Turkish President that the natural resources around the island should be shared with the T/k.
Mr. Tatar referred to the meetings he had in New York, distinguishing himself those with the Turkish President, the Turkish Foreign Minister, in the presence of the "representatives" of the pseudo-state in New York and Washington. He also met, he said, with the president of PLK, Ozgiur Ozel, and congratulated him for leaving the Socialist International meeting when the AKEL General Secretary called Turkey an occupying power.
Meanwhile, the special representative of the Turkish leader, Gunes Onar announced that before leaving New York he also saw the Deputy Permanent Representative of France, Jay Dharmadhikari, the Director of Political Affairs of the German Foreign Ministry, Günter Sautter, the Deputy Secretary General of UN, Miroslav Gendzia and the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, James Kariuki.
The press yesterday
Yesterday Sunday, the day after the Guterres-Tatar meeting, "Europe" under the title "Erdogan announced it" commented that the Turkish leader's statements about sovereign equality and equal international status are positions that Turkey made Ersin Tatar say .
"Cyprus" had exclusive statements from Mr. Tatar that he proposed a 4+1 meeting and accepted an informal 2+1 dinner.
"Dialogue" had a small mention in a corner of the front page with the title "Dominant Equality", while the opposition newspaper "Jeni Duzen" had no mention at all.
Source: KYPE
