Ozgurgun: “There is nothing to discuss on territory, security and guarantees issues without the participation of the guarantor countries”

Turkish Cypriot daily Diyalog newspaper (29.07.16) reports that so-called prime minister Huseyin Ozgurgun evaluated to Ankara Anatolia’s correspondent in the occupied area of Cyprus the latest developments on the Cyprus negotiation process and the works carried out by the occupation regime after the military coup attempt in Turkey concerning the FETO organization.
Referring to the ongoing Cyprus negotiation process, Ozgurgun stated that the two leaders are sitting on the negotiation table with the aim to reach a solution the soonest possible and added that both side’s willingness and determination is necessary in order for this to happen.

Alleging that we will be closer to a solution if the “guarantees, the bi-zonality, the equality of the two people and the two equal founding states” will become accepted, Ozgurgun claimed that it seems until so far that “south Cyprus” does not have this mindset.

Recalling that if no solution is found by the end of the year the Turkish Cypriot community will continue its own path, Ozgurgun sent the message to the two leaders that there is nothing to discuss about the territory, guarantees and security issues without the participation of the guarantor countries.

Arguing that the Turkish Cypriot “people” will not accept any solution that will not include Turkey’s active and effective guarantees, Ozgurgun called the Greek Cypriot side to accept this reality.

On the FETO organization, Ozgurgun recalled that the “TRNC” has included the organization in its terrorist list and all their activities were banned. “Our police and our security forces are inspecting even the most basic reports that were filed. If the organizations is linked with the TRNC, this would be found out, but until so far, we have no evidence for such a thing”, Ozgurgun said.