Osman Ertuğ evaluates GC statements

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http://www.brtk.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26344:presidential-spokesman-gc-side-statements&catid=5:kktc&Itemid=28





The Presidential Spokesman Osman Ertuğ has evaluated the recent statements made by the Greek Cypriot leader’s spokesman Stefanos Stefanu.

Ertuğ said that any agreement that ignored the realities that there are two separate political entities, two democracies and two separate states in Cyprus could not be long-lasting or viable.

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In a statement issued today, the Presidential Spokesman responded to the latest statements by the Greek Cypriot spokesman Stefanos Stefanu that the new bi-communal, bi-zonal federation to emerge in the event of a settlement would be born out of the unitary state of the so-called Republic of Cyprus.



Ertuğ said that such an approach clearly demonstrated the state of misconception the Greek Cypriot was concerning the kind of settlement aimed in Cyprus.



Pointing out that it was crystal clear that a new partnership state to be created in Cyprus would not be a continuation of the so-called Cyprus Republic; he said that no one would be able to persuade the Turks of Cyprus to accept such a solution

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“The 1960 Cyprus Partnership Republic, founded by both sides and which only managed to survive for three years because of the Greek Cypriots’ goal to unite the island with Greece was not a unitary state but a functional federation” he said.





Ertuğ also reminded that the issue of how the new partnership would be founded or what its starting point had not be discussed in detail in the ongoing negotiations.