Under the title “A road map was discussed”, Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (13.09.12) reports that Turkish Cypriot leader, Dervis Eroglu met yesterday at his office with a delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and discussed a road map for the Cyprus problem. The delegation was headed by ambassador at the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Necip Eguz. The Turkish self-styled ambassador to Lefkosia, Halil Ibrahim Akca was also participating in the delegation. Eroglu’s advisor, Hasan Gungor, his spokesman and special representative, Osman Ertug, and members of his negotiating team also attended the meeting.

In statements during the meeting, Eroglu said that the negotiations continued at a technical committee level and added that they were evaluating the elections campaign, which started in the government-controlled area of Cyprus, and the established coalitions. Noting that soon UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for Cyprus, Alexander Downer would come again to the island, Eroglu said that they were interested in finding out what Downer’s bag would be including.

Eroglu noted that they had evaluated the developments among themselves and now they were considering the steps they would take with the delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He added:

“In any case, we will be the ones who will benefit the most by these evaluations which we will be making. Taking the views of Motherland Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs while drawing this road map, as we always do, is very important for us. We are meeting today to fulfil this important duty”.

Ambassador Eguz said he was happy to meet with Eroglu and added: “We want to take your views, your evaluations regarding the period which will follow. This is the main aim of our visit”.

Turkish Cypriot daily Vatan newspaper (13.09.12) refers to the issue under the title “Preparations for a new road map started