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AKEL leader calls on Anastasiades to take Cyprob initiatives
Haravgi, Phileleftheros, Politis
Negotiations Process
OVERVIEW
AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou called on President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday to take initiatives that will lead to the resumption of negotiations by providing incentives to Turkey and the TC community to return to the agreed-upon negotiations framework, Haravgi and Phileleftheros report.
Kyprianou said Anastasiades’ efforts to inform the permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and other UN bodies as well as the international community is a step in the right direction, even though the contents of the letter sent to the UN Secretary General (UNSG) remain unknown. Kyprianou said that AKEL’s biggest concern is that a potential perpetuation of the current impasse will only bring us closer to partition. To achieve the resumption of negotiations, Kyprianou said, it is not enough for Anastasiades to expose Turkey’s intransigence, he must also express his readiness to participate in talks.
Politis reports on similar statements issued by the head of AKEL’s Cyprus problem office Toumazos Tsielepis, who said the desired outcome can only come about through initiatives and policies which put pressure on Turkey to abandon its claim for two states and return to the agreed-upon framework. Specifically, Tsielepis said that what are needed are initiatives that will force Turkey to clarify whether a two-state solution is its end goal or whether it is waiting on the GC side to make a specific move in order to return to the agreed-upon framework and the negotiating table. Noting that it has become clear that it not Tatar but Turkey that is calling the shots, Tsielepis said Turkey does know that its two-state proposal leads to nowhere.
Politis reports that in the letter sent to UNSG after the informal summit in Geneva, Anastasiades reiterated his willingness to participate in a joint meeting with the TC leader Ersin Tatar in the presence of Guterres himself. While Anastasiades had also tabled in Geneva the idea for such a meeting to take place before the next informal summit expected to be organised by the UNSG, in his letter Anastasiades also requested that the meeting take place before the European Council summit in June, though Politis writes that this is not considered likely. Politis reports citing sources that UN mobility is not expected to pick up until July, by which time the UNSG’s Special Envoy Jane Holl Lute will have held contacts with both leaders to touch base on where they stand after the informal summit in Geneva. The paper adds that in his letter, Anastasiades also affirmed that the GC side stands ready to participate in a new informal summit and requested that talks take place within UN parameters and the agreed-upon framework.
Meanwhile, Haravgi and Phileleftheros report that Foreign Minister Nicos Christoudoulides said in statements at the 6th Delphi Economic Forum that Cyprus, in coordination with other regional countries, is promoting security and cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean, stressing that unilateralism is not a productive path for the region.
On his part, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in his address at the Forum that the informal summit in Geneva did not result in a positive outcome as a result of Turkey’s demand that the GC side and Greece accept that the TC community has a sovereign right and is a sovereign entity, something that runs counter to UNSC resolutions, Phileleftheros reports.
KEY ACTORS
Kyprianou (AKEL)
>> Anastasiades must take initiatives so that Cyprob negotiations can resume
>> Incentives must be provided to Turkey and the TC community to return to the agreed-upon framework
>> It is not enough for Anastasiades to expose Turkey’s intransigence, he must also express his readiness to participate in negotiations
>> GC side’s info campaign a step in the right direction
>> AKEL’s biggest concern is that a potential perpetuation of the current impasse will only bring us closer to partition
Tsielepis (AKEL)
>> Desired Cyprob outcome can only come about through initiatives and policies which put pressure on Turkey to abandon its claim for two states and return to the agreed-upon framework
>> Initiatives are needed that will force Turkey to clarify whether a two-state solution is its end goal or whether it is waiting on the GC side to make a specific move in order to return to the agreed-upon framework
>> Turkey, not Tatar, is calling the shots
>> Turkey knows its two-state solution proposal is a dead end
Christodoulides
>> Cyprus, along with other regional players, is promoting security and cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean
Dendias (Greece)
>> Geneva did not yield positive results due to Turkey’s demand that the GC side and Greece accept that the TC community as a sovereign entity, something that runs counter to UNSC resolutions