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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-02-18
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[01] SPOKESMAN - PEACE PROCESS
[01] SPOKESMAN - PEACE PROCESS
The leaders of the two communities in Cyprus have agreed on the process
for the solution of the Cyprus problem and the UN has accepted that
agreement, Government Spokesman, Stephanos Stephanou has stressed.
Stephanou was commenting on statements by Hasan Ercakica, spokesman of
the Turkish Cypriot leader, who talked about the need for a new
Burgenstock, where in March 2004 the two community leaders participated
in UN-sponsored talks, which led to a solution plan (the Annan plan),
the result of UN arbitration and not negotiation between the two
sides.
The plan was rejected by the overwhelming majority of the Greek
Cypriots, saying it would not reunite the country but it served the
interests of Turkey. The Turkish Cypriots approved the plan.
I do not know if Mr. Ercakica is making statements in an effort to
impose a new process, which in fact, does not exist, Stephanou said. He
also clarified that the ongoing direct talks are based on the process
that has been agreed between the two leaders. The process does not
provide for tight deadlines or arbitration, and aims at finding a
comprehensive settlement on the basis of a bi-zonal, bi-communal
federation with political equality as defined by the UN resolutions,
that will provide for one state with a single sovereignty, a single
citizenship, a single international personality, he stressed.
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