Cyprus issue: Tsavousoglou puts the MOE out of the agenda

Turkey is trying to close in advance any discussion on confidence-building measures promoted by the Republic of Cyprus in order to return the Cyprus issue to the course of negotiations. The approach of the Turkish Foreign Ministry minimizes the prospect of the Nicosia-prepared MOEs entering the negotiating table. With its position, in fact, Ankara leaves no room for the Turkish Cypriot leadership, while it also sends a message to the Turkish Cypriot Left, which was placed in support of a MOE debate.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry, according to Cyprus Postasi (source Cyprus Press Office), described as “unfounded the news that confidence-building measures are being discussed between Turkey and ‘southern Cyprus’, as the Republic of Cyprus is characterized.” According to the article, the Turkish Foreign Minister characterizes as untrue the allegations that the Republic of Cyprus is discussing MOD in the Cyprus issue with Turkish officials.

He notes that the Republic of Cyprus continues to seek support from third parties and mainly from the EU for CMOs that provide for the return of the besieged city of Varos to the Greek Cypriot side, in exchange for the opening of the “airport” Press under the control of the UN and its port Famagusta under EU control for trade and other activities of the Turkish Cypriots and the “TRNC”.

Sources in the Turkish Foreign Ministry claim that the Greek Cypriot MOE proposals are “exhausted proposals aimed at removing from the substance of the Cyprus issue and misleading, non-serious proposals that have been tried in time and failed”. “The aim of these so-called proposals is to remove the acquired rights of the Turkish Cypriots,” the sources said, adding: “Turkey’s agenda is to reaffirm the acquired rights acquired by the Turkish Cypriots in 1960, that is, the sovereign Therefore, there are no MOEs on our agenda. impressions “.

From what the Turkish side is saying, it is clear that the prospects of paving the way for a more substantial negotiation on the Cyprus issue through a MOE discussion are probably impossible. And the Turkish stance comes at a time when Nicosia expects the war in Ukraine to end, in order to move more strongly both inside Europe and abroad to promote confidence-building measures.

Ankara had tried early on to impose a “radio silence” on the Turkish Cypriot side regarding confidence-building measures. He imposed the avoidance of discussion of any proposals of the Greek Cypriot side, estimating that in this way he will blackmail the discussion of the two-state solution. And while Ersin Tatar and the Turkish Cypriot leadership diligently avoided discussing anything to do with the measures promoted by the Greek Cypriot side at the party level, the Left in the occupied territories appeared supportive and ready to discuss the specific proposals. The Turkish Cypriot Left stated that it views positively the opening of the airport in the occupied Tympos in exchange for Famagusta.

“Turkish border” the Green Line!

Occupied Cyprus is an “outlying province” of Turkey and the defense of Antalya and Alanya starts from the Green Line, said “Prime Minister” Faiz Suzuoglu, in a meeting with the Association of Tourist and Travel Agents of Turkey (TÜRS).

Reports in the Turkish press (source of GTP) state that Mr. Suzuoglu said that tourism is an area to which they attach importance, but with the pandemic and the war in Ukraine he is experiencing serious and noticeable difficulties. Hoping that a settlement and agreement will be reached soon in Ukraine, he said that this will mobilize the Russian market a bit and the occupied Cyprus will come to the place it wants in the tourism sector. We will overcome these problems together, he noted.

“I have always said: We may be two states, but we are one nation. Therefore, our fate is common. The Turkish Cypriots living in northern Cyprus and the Anatolian Turks living in Anatolia have a common destiny and a common future. “We should bring the rise of Anatolia, Turkey in tourism and the TRNC to the desired level in tourism. We have a great need,” he said, referring to the pseudo-state.

As you know, Mr. Suzuoglu continued addressing the TÜRSAB delegation, “this place is also a border. There is the Greek Cypriot sector in our south. So there is a competition and we must not lose this competition. We must do the same. the struggle, because the struggle is not only economic, it is also political. ”

According to the “Prime Minister”, “this place is a remote province of Turkey. The defense of Turkey, Antalya, Alanya begins on this Green Line. For us, Turkey is out of the ordinary. And northern Cyprus is out “Our fate is common. We are the daughter country, you are the mother country. Our greatest security is the unpaid support we receive.”

Source: philenews