Akinci argued that if they failed to reach an agreement then the division would be permanent
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris (12.12.15) reported that Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said that if they failed to reach a solution on the Cyprus problem, then the division would be perpetuated. He argued that the Cyprus problem had reached a saturation point, a d that if they were unsuccessful again, then the division would be permanent.
Asked whether there would be an agreement before the elections in May 2016, Akinci, in an interview to the Turkish channel NTV, said that from the six chapters currently discussed, they were in a position to close the first three. He added that most differences are observed in the chapters of property, guarantees, territory and especially governance and power sharing. He stressed that they had not yet reached mutual agreement on the issue of rotating presidency.
Referring to the guarantee system, Akinci explained that if any person asked in the street in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus, they would say that they wanted the continuation of Turkey’s guarantees. He said that there was still a lack of trust between the people, adding that the Greek Cypriots also wanted guarantees but through the EU or the UN Security Council, however, this was not a sufficient guarantee for the Turkish Cypriots.