PRESIDENT TALAT TO MEET WITH CHRISTOFIAS AND
ANASTASIADES
President Mehmet Ali Talat and Greek Cypriot Leader
Demetris Christofias will meet at a special event to be held at the Ledra
Palace Hotel in Lefkosa tonight (7 May).
The two leaders will come together at a reception to be
hosted by the Slovakian Embassy which has been organizing round table
meetings for Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot political parties
On Thursday, President Talat will pay a visit to the DISY
Leader Nikos Anastasiades in Limassol, South Cyprus.
President Talat will be the guest of Anastasiades at a
dinner at his house in Limassol. Former Greek Cypriot leader Glafkos
Clerides is also expected to be present at the dinner.
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN HASAN
ERCAKICA ON 6 MAY 2008
As the negotiation process regarding the Cyprus problem
is being maintained at the level of Working Groups and Technical Committees,
it has been observed that the Greek Cypriot side is trying to determine its
“negotiation position” through various methods and set this as “the ground
for negotiation”.
It seems that the Greek Cypriot side adopted discussing
certain issues or discussing those issues in the media organs instead of
negotiation table as a means of doing so. As part of this understanding of
theirs, they are discussing the status of some of the Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus citizens via media organs.
On behalf of the Turkish Cypriot side, President Mehmet
Ali Talat has been involved in this discussion only to the extent that he
has to and made the necessary statement.
Turkish Cypriot side maintains that the issues relating
to the settlement of the Cyprus problem should primarily be undertaken in
the Working Groups formed within the context of the new process launched on
21 March 2008 and then, during the full fledged negotiations between Mr.
Talat and Mr. Christofias which were decided to be launched in the second
half of June.
Meanwhile, we will spend efforts not only to inform the
public opinion but to safeguard the negotiation process.
Our involvement to the discussions the Greek Cypriot side
has been trying to carry out before the public opinion would only be limited
to informing the people. However, we will retain this involvement in a
balanced manner in order to be able to remain committed to the principles of
maintaining a healthy and serious negotiation process.
Meanwhile, senior aides of the two leaders Ozdil Nami and
George Iacovou have met to make an evaluation of the work being carried out
by working groups and technical committees.
Speaking following the meeting Ozdil Nami stated that
both sides considered the developments until today as being positive.
