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Haravgi, Phileleftheros
Negotiations Process
OVERVIEW
Opposition parties AKEL and EDEK sought clarifications on the role played by Britain in the Cyprus problem, while expressing dissatisfaction with statements made in an interview on Sunday by British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie regarding the ideas Britain is suggesting.
The dailies report that AKEL’s spokesperson Giorgos Koukoumas wondered who is authorising Britain to submit ideas and proposals, at a time when the UN itself is not doing so, since Britain does not have a mediating role but is a facilitator of the process.
Responding most strongly to Lillie’s comment that the GC side’s insistence on resuming negotiations from where they left off in 2017 will lead to long and unsuccessful talks, Koukoumas said that in contrast to what Lillie is claiming, the existing body of work, which is the result of many years of negotiations, brought Cyprob extremely close to a solution in 2017. He said that it is only by taking apart these convergences and the agreed-upon solution basis that Cyprus will be led down a path of long and unsuccessful talks, especially if the taking-apart is being done to satisfy the unacceptable positions of Turkey and the TC leader Ersin Tatar even at the slightest.
Koukoumas also said that the position for a resumption of talks from where they left off in 2017 and on the basis of existing convergences is the position of the international community, which Britain, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) ought to respect. He said that those who want to assist in the Cyprus problem should focus their energy and initiatives on this element and not on anything else.
Koukoumas said that with Tatar’s unacceptable two-state solution on the one hand, and President Nicos Anastasiades’ playing around with UN resolutions and convergences on the other, the situation being created is one in which other third parties feel able to submit ideas that do not serve as bridges but as demolishers.
On his part, EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos requested that Britain’s leading role in UN decision-making processes is terminated. He also asked that the process of removing British Bases moves forward. Sizopoulos said that once again, Britain’s role in undermining the Republic of Cyprus and legitimising the occupation regime’s sovereign equality, is being confirmed. This, he said, is extremely dangerous for the Republic of Cyprus.
KEY ACTORS
Koukoumas (AKEL)
>> Wonders who is authorising Britain to submit ideas and proposals, at a time when the UN itself is not doing so, since Britain does not have a mediating role but is a facilitator of the process
>> Existing body of work, which is the result of many years of negotiations, brought Cyprob extremely close to a solution in 2017 & it is only by taking these apart that Cyprus will be led down a path of long and unsuccessful talks
>> Position for a resumption of talks from where they left off in 2017 and on the basis of existing convergences is the position of the international community, which Britain, as a permanent member of the UNSC ought to respect
>> Those who want to assist in the Cyprus problem should focus their energy and initiatives on this element and not on anything else
>> With Tatar’s unacceptable two-state solution on the one hand, and Anastasiades’ playing around with UN resolutions and convergences on the other, the situation being created is one in which other third parties feel able to submit ideas that do not serve as bridges but as demolishers
Sizopoulos (EDEK)
>> Requested that Britain’s leading role in UN decision-making processes is terminated & that process of removing British Bases moves forward
>> Once again, Britain’s role in undermining the Republic of Cyprus and legitimising the occupation regime’s sovereign equality, is being confirmed, which is extremely dangerous for the RoC