Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Nationwide Harmony Celebration Deputy and Common Secretary Oğuzhan Hasipoğlu mentioned, “Sadly, the Greek Cypriots by no means see us as equivalent events and interlocutors. They see us as a minority.” he mentioned.
The Cyprus Facilitators Crew assembly was once held throughout the scope of the 149th Common Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which continues in Geneva, Switzerland.
Hasipoğlu and Republican Turkish Celebration (CTP) Deputy Fikri Toros, representing the TRNC Republican Meeting, attended the assembly.
5 representatives from the Greek Cypriot Management of Southern Cyprus Parliament attended the assembly moderated by way of Swiss Parliament Member Laurent Wehrli and Portuguese Parliament Member Hugo Carneiro.
Making reviews to the AA correspondent after the assembly, Hasipoğlu mentioned that the Cyprus Facilitators Crew conferences goal to give a contribution to the Cyprus factor and building up cooperation between parliaments by way of taking the critiques of the MPs represented within the parliament.
Hasipoğlu mentioned that the assembly came about in a optimistic atmosphere and that the moderators made tips for the advantage of the Turkish and Greek Cypriot other people.
Pointing out that Wehrli had some tips corresponding to local weather exchange, crisis, Eu Union harmonization regulations and coming in combination in Cyprus, Hasipoğlu mentioned, “Because the Turkish Cypriot facet, we supported this proposal, however the Greek facet rejected the proposal of Swiss MP Wehrli. “We discovered this uncompromising angle of the facet atypical. Wehrli and the delegation right here additionally discovered it atypical. When the Greek facet all the time mentioned ‘we would like an answer, we’re all brothers and Cypriots’ and when a concrete proposal was once offered to them and so they rejected those proposals from the IPU delegation, the Swiss and Portuguese MPs had been very stunned and disappointed.” he mentioned.
Hasipoğlu underlined that they’re all the time in prefer of compromise and dialog and persisted as follows:
“Now we have put ahead our personal place. It’s not conceivable for us to start out respectable negotiations with out our sovereign equality and equivalent world standing being permitted. Even this incident we’re going via unearths how justified and legit our call for for equivalent world standing is and what a place it’s. Sadly, the Greek Cypriots have by no means noticed us as equals.” “He does no longer see us as events and interlocutors. Sadly, we skilled this at nowadays’s IPU assembly.”
The TRNC Republican Meeting delegation was once additionally gained by way of the Speaker of the Turkish Grand Nationwide Meeting, Numan Kurtulmuş, who was once in Geneva at the instance of the 149th Common Meeting of the IPU.
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