Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris (07.01.12) reported that Turkish Cypriot leader Eroglu’s special advisor Kudret Ozersay evaluated the ongoing Cyprus negotiations. Ozersay said that the negotiations process consists of different stages and phases and pointed out that they approach the final phase, with its most important element being the map and property issue. He said that the final stage he described previously is a process including different elements and not a process that includes a certain date or a meeting. He added that a part of these elements may not be liked by the Greek Cypriots or the Turkish Cypriots, however if they want a settlement, they must live through them.

Criticizing press reports, that the Turkish Cypriot side must also negotiate a map, Ozersay said that land adjustments is one of the negotiation chapters and reminded that the two leaders have agreed to discuss it at the end. He said that all the chapters are interconnected and they must be evaluated in total under a “comprehensive solution”. “Therefore, everyone should know that it will not be possible to negotiate completely independently from the other five chapters, the international dimensions of the guarantees, as these are included in the Treaty of Alliance and Guarantee,” argued Ozersay.

Referring to the population, Ozersay said that they proposed to exchange numbers regarding the population at the Greentree meeting and later on to evaluate these numbers at the final phase. He said that as it was previously stated, they want the “citizens of the TRNC” to become citizens of the united state.

Regarding the Greentree meeting between the two leaders and the UN Secretary-General in New York, Ozersay argued that while approaching to the Greentree meeting, the process will gain more clarity and its future will become more obvious.