UN Meetings with Cyprus Coordinator leadersWhile the Turkish Cypriot leader said he was “very annoyed” that there was no agreement to open four new border crossings.
Secretary -General Antonio Guterres described the meetings as “constructive” and pointed to the progress of four of the six initiatives approved by the leaders in March. Be careful, however, “there Long road forward“
The Mediterranean Island was divided in 1974 When Türkiye was invaded after a coup by the JUNTA supporters of Athena from the unification of the island with Greece. Türkiye only recognizes the declaration of Turkish Cypriot independence, and maintains more than 35,000 soldiers in the northern third of the island.
The negotiations were among the competitors Stopped since 2017. When asked if he would start a new tour, Guterres answered that there is more to be done before any negotiations. He said that the current talks are “complicated”, confirming on the exactly different views of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish tendons on a solution.
The Secretary -General said: “I think we are building step by step and create conditions to do tangible things for the benefit of Cyprus people.”
The agreed framework for the peace agreement was a Cyprus that it did not include as a union consisting of Greek and Turkish Cyprus.
Turkish Cypriot leader Arsen Tatar has been calling for a two -state deal since his election in 2020. He faces his re -election in October and says he is working on the same platform as Ankara’s full support.
Tatar told the correspondents after the meeting that “unless the sovereign equality and the equal international situation are confirmed, we will not resume the official negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem.”
The Greek Cypriot rejects any agreement that would break the partition, for fear that Türkiye will seek to control the entire island in light of its request to maintain the presence of permanent forces and the rights of military intervention in Cyprus. Türkiye also insists that the Turkish Cypriot minorities must have the rights to veto all federal government decisions.
Greek Cypropic President Nikos Christodolids did not speak to reporters after the meeting, which included foreign ministers of the countries of the guarantor of Türkiye and Greece and the deputy minister of the United Kingdom.
Despite the differences in the future of Cyprus, competitors have made some progress in confidence -building measures.
Guterres told the correspondents that four initiatives were achieved: the establishment of a technical committee for youth; Initiatives about the environment and climate change, including the effect on Mining areas; Restore graves. It is an agreement to remove the delivery, as technical details are still completed.
He said that the discussions will continue to open four new crossings between the two Greek and Turkish sides on the island and on solar energy in the buffer zone between them, which are patrolling by the power to preserve peace.
Tatar Christodolides was accused of preventing the announcement of the four border crossings on Thursday by insisting that one of them passes through the buffer zone, which was unacceptable to the Cypriot of the Turkish Cypriots.
He also sharply criticized the Greek Cypriot for their follow -up Legal procedure on real estate sale In the northern Turkish Cyprop, saying that the movements “certainly harm the relations of the two peoples and aim to destroy our economy and our tourism.”
Property It is a controversial issue in Cyprus. A recent boom in building villas and luxury apartments in the north has pushed the Cypriot legal authorities to take a more assertive position towards brokers and developers to inhibit what they say is “illegal rape” on a large scale of the Greek Cypriot land.
Guterres said that the meeting also produced an advisory body for civil society participation, exchanging cultural artifacts, and an initiative to monitor air quality and treat precise pollution.
The Secretary -General said that Tatar and Crystodolides agreed to meet him in late September during the annual assembly of world leaders in the General Assembly and to hold another unofficial meeting later in the year.