Cyprus Talks: No common vision between the two sides - TRNC Deputy Prime Minister

TRNC Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kudret Özersay has warned that the Cyprus negotiations process will remain the same “if the lack of common vision is ignored.

If the lack of common vision is ignored then the result will be the same, I don’t think there is a common vision between the two sides for today, Özersay said.

Özersay made important statements on the Cyprus issue during a program he attended on BRT on Wednesday morning.

Evaluating the UN Secretary General’s temporary consultant on Cyprus Jane Holl Lute’s recent contacts in Cyprus, he said 

It is not a proper approach for the temporary UN Envoy to start preparing a document called reference paper when there was no common vision between the sides and when there was no consensus on what the sides will negotiate. Therefore, it is seen that the document which is said to be prepared until the end of this year could not be prepared.

The problem is while there is a difference in views regarding the essence of the issue, in other words while the sides have different views on what should be negotiated this is being ignored and at the end of the day they are focusing on issuing a document which everybody will interpret in their own way.

Source: BRTK