Cyprus Talks: North Cyprus, president Mustafa Akinci speaks on the benefits of a united Cyprus

The president of Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) Mustafa Akinci on Wednesday said situation in TRNC will improve every day in cooperation with Turkey and will be able to look to the future more securely as long as it solidly stands on its own feet.
While addressing a delegation from the Turkish Grand National Assembly about the ongoing Cyprus negotiations, Akinci said he hoped a date would be set for the five-party conference on territory and guarantees which he said would be “the last stage of the process to find a solution to the Cyprus problem”.

Akinci added that if a solution to the Cyprus problem is achieved, the TRNC will become one of the two equal partners of the federal structure, as is noted in its “declaration of establishment”.  

“However, if the Greek Cypriot side does not abandon its maximalist approaches and continues demanding the impossible, the TRNC will continue in its own way.”

Akinci said that the Turkish Cypriot side does not have the luxury of postponing its internal problems. A TRNC with a strong economy and democracy will become a sounder partner of the federal structure that will be established, he said.

Akinci said that his wish is to achieve lasting peace on the island, adding that there is the opportunity for both sides to obtain their rights.
Speaking in reference to the negotiations which will resume on Sunday next week at Mont Pèlerin, in Switzerland, Akinci said: 

“I hope that when we meet again next weekend, we will determine the date of a five-party conference at which Turkey will also be present together with the other guarantor countries.”

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By LGC News