Tatar: ‘Varosi part of our sovereignty – We will not give it to the UN’

The Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, considers the enclosed city of Famagusta to be part of the territory of the pseudo-state. The Turkish leader rejected the idea of ​​Varosi’s return as a Confidence Building Measure (MOE).

“Varosi” is part of our sovereignty. I emphasize once again that we will never accept Varosi being placed under United Nations control under the Confidence Building Measures, “Tatar said, according to the Cyprus News Agency.

Mr. Tatar made statements about the closed city of Famagusta as part of a ceremony that took place yesterday in Varosi and which concerned the inauguration of a monument-mausoleum of the Ottoman captain Pertev Pasha, who lived in the 16th century.

Reiterating the claim that Varosi is within the “borders” of the pseudo-state, Mr. Tatar expressed the belief that “the city will slowly open for settlement while promoting the idea of” two separate sovereign equal states living side by side “. .

Noting that the opening of Varosi is a dimension of their new policy, Mr. Tatar said that it was not possible to open Varosi until a year and a half ago because 50 years of efforts were being made to find a federal solution. “It turned out that a federal solution would not meet the expectations of the Turkish Cypriots,” he claimed.

Mr. Tatar also said that those claiming rights in Varosi would be able to acquire their rights and property “to the extent that they are entitled” through the “Real Estate Committee”.

In his statements, Mr. Tatar referred from his own point of view to the history of Varos, claiming that “there were interventions in the nature of Varos and” betrayal of its history “and that the Greek Cypriots and Greeks opened Varos to tourism by making buildings taking advantage of their superiority during the 1950s and 1960s, despite the fact that the land in closed Varosi belongs to EVKAF “.