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FIRST, BY HELPING TO ESTABLISH THE 1960 PARTNERSHIP REPUBLIC. UNFORTUNATELY
HOWEVER, THIS PARTNERSHIP SURVIVED FOR ONLY 3 YEARS, AS THE GREEK CYPRIOTS
DESTROYED THE PARTNERSHIP BY THROWING OUT THE TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTNER BY
FORCE OF ARMS AND USURPING THE ENTIRE STATE MECHANISM. IN SPITE OF THIS, THE U.N.
CONTINUED TO RECOGNISE THE USURPER GREEK CYPRIOT REGIME AS THE LEGITIMATE
GOVERNMENT BY ITS RESOLUTION 186 IN 1964 RENDERING A SOLUTION VIRTUALLY IMPOS-
SIBLE, SINCE THE GREEK CYPRIOTS REFUSED TO SHARE THE STATE AND ALL ITS ADVANTA-
GES WITH THE TURKISH CYPRIOT PEOPLE. THE “PRESCRIPTION”, THEREFORE, WAS WRONG.
DURING THE 44-YEAR-LONG NEGOTIATING PROCESS THE TURKISH CYPRIOT SIDE HAS
ACCEPTED MANY U.N PLANS AND DOCUMENTS, SUCH AS THE 1986 PEREZ DE CUELLAR
DRAFT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WHICH I PASSED THROUGH PARLIAMENT AS THE THEN
PRIME MINISTER. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE 1992 GHALI SET OF IDEAS AND 1994 CONFI-
DENCE-BUILDING MEASURES PACKAGE. IN 2004 THE TURKISH CYPRIOT PEOPLE VOTED FOR
THE “ANNAN PLAN” BY 65% WHEREAS THE GREEK CYPRIOT PEOPLE REJECTED IT BY 76%.
THIS HAS ONCE AGAIN DEMONSTRATED WHO ARE FOR A SETTLEMENT IN CYPRUS AND WHO
WANT TO PERPETUATE THE STATUS QUO.
AFTER I WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT IN 2010, I WROTE TO THE UNSG INFORMING HIM THAT
I WAS READY TO CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATIONS FROM WHERE THEY HAD BEEN LEFT OFF ON
THE BASIS OF A BI-COMMUNAL, BI-ZONAL FEDERATION WITH TWO CONSTITUENT STATES OF
EQUAL STATUS. SINCE THEN, I HAVE REMAINED LOYAL TO MY COMMITMENT AND HAVE
SHOWN EVERY EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE BY MAKING CONSTRUCTIVE PROPOSALS
AND SHOWING FLEXIBILITY. THESE FACTS HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AND APPRECIATED
BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
THERE IS A SAYING THAT IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO. HOWEVER, OUR GREEK CYPRIOT COUN-
TERPARTS ARE REFUSING TO TANGO, SAYING “OHI” OR “NO” TO EVERYTHING.
OUR PATIENCE AND THAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS WEARING THIN. THE CUR-
RENT PHASE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AS
THE FINAL PHASE AND THE “END-GAME”. AS THE LAST STEP OF THIS FINAL PHASE, WE ARE
READY FOR THE HOLDING OF A MULTIPARTY CONFERENCE WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE
TURKISH CYPRIOT AND GREEK CYPRIOT SIDES AND, AS GUARANTORS, TURKEY, GREECE AND
THE UNITED KINGDOM. ALL OUTSTANDING ISSUES CAN BE DISCUSSED AND CONCLUDED AT
SUCH A CONFERENCE. HOWEVER, DUE TO OBJECTIONS BY THE GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE, THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL HAS DECIDED NOT TO CALL FOR SUCH A CONFERENCE. IT IS CLEAR,
NONETHELESS THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT AN OPEN-ENDED PROCESS AND THE STA-
TUS-QUO IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AS THE TURKISH CYPRIOT SIDE, WE RIGHTFULLY EXPECT THE REMOVAL OF THE UNFAIR AND
INHUMAN ISOLATION AND RESTRICTIONS ON OUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR
DECADES. STEPS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN IN THIS DIRECTION BY THE INTERNATIONAL COM-
MUNITY, AND THE EU IN PARTICULAR, WOULD ALSO MOTIVATE THE GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE
FOR A SOLUTION. THERE IS A NEED TO BUILD CONFIDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AND
DOING AWAY WITH THE EMBARGOES WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN REMOVING ONE OF THE
MAJOR CAUSES OF THE EXISTING LACK OF TRUST.
OUR REQUEST FROM YOU IS TO CARRY OUR MESSAGE TO YOUR COLLEAGUES AND OFFICI-
ALS. GERMANY IS A VERY IMPORTANT ACTOR BOTH WITHIN THE EU AS WELL AS THE INTER-
NATIONAL COMMUNITY. IT IS ALSO AN ALLY OF OUR MOTHERLAND, TURKEY. THEREFORE, IT
CAN, AND SHOULD, PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS RESPECT.
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