Ozgurgun says they will not return occupied Morfou to its legal owners

Ankara Anatolia news agency (11.11.11) reported from occupied Lefkosia that the so-called Turkish Cypriot foreign minister Huseyin Ozgurgun released a written statement last Friday, saying that they would not accept any precondition and imposition in the Cyprus negotiations. He also noted that it was out of question for them to give occupied Morfou region to the Greek Cypriots as part of a solution. Ozgurgun’s remarks came after President Demetris Christofias said that there could be no solution in Cyprus unless occupied Morfou was returned to its legal Greek Cypriot owners.

Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris (14.11.11) also reports that Ozgurgun issued a written statement commenting on statements by Yiannakis Omirou, president of the Cyprus House of Representatives. Ozgurgun alleged that Omirou’s statements “show that Greek Cypriot elected persons do not understand at all the realities in the island and that still they are not able to comprehend the UN parameters that are necessary for a comprehensive solution.” Moreover, he claimed that in Omirou’s statement the Greek Cypriot side tries to “appear as the victim”, while “it is the one responsible for the creation and continuation of the Cyprus problem”. He alleged that the Republic of Cyprus does not represent the Turkish Cypriots or the whole island.