Turkish Cypriot side will do what is necessary

No1Doyen


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18/08/2011 23:46

President Derviş Eroğlu’s Special Representative Kudret Özersay has stressed that the Turkish Cypriot Side will do what is necessary should the Greek Cypriot Side start drilling for oil and natural gas.

ÖZERSAY: “WE MAY NEED TO NEGOTIATE ISSUES RELATED TO SUCCESSION WITH THE GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE”

“ATTEMPTS ARE BEING MADE TO UNDERMINE OUR WILL...WE SHALL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN”



“SHOULD THE GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE NOT SUSPEND ITS NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION/PUMPING ACTIVITIES, THE TURKISH CYPROT SIDE WILL SIGN ITS OWN AGREEMENTS AND START EXPLORING WITHIN THE MARITIME AREAS AROUND THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS ”

No1Doyen


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18/08/2011 23:47

“MARKULLI’S ANALYSIS UNFOUNDED AND SUPRISING”



“THIS IS AN ISSUE OF SOVEREIGNITY”



“GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE’S MOVES ARE AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF THE TALKS”



Özersay said “Above all, it is possible for the Turkish Cypriot Side, in the context of the principle of reciprocity, to take similar steps of equal significance with those taken by the Greek Cypriot Side. The Turkish Cypriot Side will sign its own agreements and launch its own offshore exploration activities, should the Greek Cypriot Side fail to suspend its activities to explore and extract oil and natural gas off the southern coast of Cyprus ”..

No1Doyen


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18/08/2011 23:48

Stressing that the Turkish Cypriot Side’s stance on the issue is clear, Özersay said that efforts were being made to undermine the Turkish Cypriot Side’s will – something, he added, the Turkish Cypriot Side will not allow. He said that it was possible that the Turkish Cypriot Side would reassess or reevaluate the options it had been postponing in view of the fact that the Cyprus negotiation process was continuing and because such options could make it harder to reach a solution to the Cyprus Problem.

“Everyone should know and understand that the Turkish Cypriot Side will take steps on the issue of oil and natural gas exploration as well as other issues it has refrained from taking, should the Greek Cypriot Side, despite the ongoing negotiations, be determined to take steps that will undermine the future of the island as well as its sovereignty” Özersay added..

No1Doyen


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18/08/2011 23:48

The Special Representative added that everyone must understand and acknowledge that the Turkish Cypriot Side is an actor whose will must be taken into consideration.

Stating that the issue of natural gas and oil exploration was a matter concerning sovereignty and that the Greek Cypriot Side’s stance on the matter conflicted with the spirit of the ongoing negotiation process, Özersay said “If the Greek Cypriot Side wants to avoid fostering this and similar crises experienced in the Cyprus negotiations in the past, then it should not act on the assumption that the Turkish Cypriot Side and Turkey will remain indifferent or unresponsive on the matter.” There could be nothing more natural than to expect such a response.

No1Doyen


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18/08/2011 23:49

The President’s Special Representative answered the Cyprus Turkish Agency’s questions concerning the latest statements by the Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister, Mrs. Erato Kazaku Markulli, and the Commissioner of the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Yorgos Iacovou, to the Greek Cypriot press on the issue of natural gas and oil reserves.



“THE MIDDLE EAST CRISIS IS BEING IMPORTED INTO CYPRUS”



Read the rest here....... http://www.brtk.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31840:kuecuek-warns-greek-cypriot-administration&catid=5:kktc&Itemid=28

Lilli



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Message Posted:
18/08/2011 23:59

they can talk the talk when they want to. xxxxxxxxxxx

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
19/08/2011

Certainly can Liz.