Akıncı: “All kinds of behaviour that can harm the negotiation process should be avoided”

President Mustafa Akıncı stated that positive developments have been reached in the Cyprus negotiation process and all kinds of behaviour that can harm this positive momentum should be avoided.

Noting that people should be careful while making statements on the Cyprus issue, Akıncı said that the leaders have the freedom to explain their own positions, but a joint statement can be done only with the consent of both parties and should be done together.

Responding the questions of the TAK reporter, Akıncı said that Anastasiades mentioned the issues that the two sides said “we agreed”, and he added that this only reflects Anastasiades’ personal ideas and the “consensus points” could be explained only together with both sides.

Stating that a confederation which consists of two separate sovereign states has never been on the table, Akıncı said that what has been discussed in the inter-communal talks is a federal Cyprus without domination which is based on political equality, and he stressed that there is no hesitation about it.

Mentioning the statements of Anastasiades regarding not to accept the rotating presidency, Akıncı said, “Unfortunately, this attitude of the Greek Cypriot side is a serious disappointment for us. If the Greek Cypriot community could not accept a Turkish Cypriot as the leader of the federal state for the fair periods, this means that there will be no agreement.”