The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs views the trilateral meeting on November 9 between the President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman, and the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, acknowledging that limited progress had been made on the issue of opening new roadblocks.
In a written statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oncu Ketseli stated that Ankara views as positive the fact that areas of cooperation were discussed to build trust between the two sides, to which the Turkish side attaches particular importance.
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As he points out, within the framework of the cooperation process initiated at the suggestion of the UN Secretary-General, “it has been possible to make some progress, albeit limited,” on the issue of opening new crossing points, which has been on the agenda for a year and a half.
However, the spokesperson for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs blames the Greek Cypriot side for the future course of the process.
“Achieving further progress in areas of cooperation, including crossing points, during the trilateral meeting planned between the two leaders and the UN Secretary-General in the near future, will only be possible if the Greek Cypriot side changes its intransigent stance,” it states.
It should be noted that the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s statement makes no mention of Ankara’s position on a two-state solution, while it expresses a positive assessment of the continuation of the process under the auspices of the United Nations.
Source: CNA
