From the dances at Pyla on Saturday to Tuesday’s new round of negotiations.
But before we got to tomorrow’s meeting at 11 a.m. at the old Nicosia airport, a lot happened. Enough to spoil the atmosphere created on Saturday night and to set off a flurry of mutual accusations, casting dark clouds over the negotiating table.
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Notable headlines from the Turkish Cypriot press.
“The winds of peace have shifted. They sat at the same table, ate and drank zivania, and then moved on to cold relations and mutual accusations.”
CHALKIN SESI
“The images from Pyla raised hopes. However, behind the positive atmosphere, tension still persists.”
GENI DUZEN
Tension from the very start
The blame game actually began that very evening, triggered by an article by Maria Olgin, who won’t even be present tomorrow.
The President of the Republic directed barbs at the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, as well as at his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, regarding his stance on the issue of roadblocks.
A short while ago, however, the President confirmed that Olgin will be arriving in the coming days.
“We have been given some dates for Maria Olgin’s visit and for a joint meeting among the three of us.We responded positively, and I believe the Turkish Cypriot leader did the same.”
Nikos Christodoulides – President of the Republic
This was followed by an interview with Tufan Erhurman in the newspaper Politis, the second part of which is published today, and in which the Turkish Cypriot leader refers to the lack of trust as one of the biggest problems, against the backdrop of the government’s actions to cancel events in the occupied territories.
“Actions speak louder than words. The intensification of actions that undermine trust, of course, strains the relationship between the two sides. When I asked my interlocutor why the Greek Cypriot leadership is taking these actions, he told me that this is their duty as a state and that these actions will continue. “This is an even greater insult!”
Tufan Erhurman – Turkish Cypriot leader
In this regard, it should be taken for granted that the government will seek clarification from the United Nations regarding Guterres’s letter to Erhurman, which, according to the Turkish Cypriots, is in exactly the same vein as that of the European Union.
That is, these actions hinder confidence-building.
“Confidence-building cannot be achieved through concessions on issues of the Republic of Cyprus’s sovereignty.”
Konstantinos Letympiotis – Government Spokesperson
It should be noted that the two leaders agreed to attend jointly the meetings of the Technical Committees on Cultural Heritage, Youth, and the Civil Society Coordinating Committee.
Watch Giorgos Georgiadis’s report:
