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Contents FES NEWS FES CYPRUS NEWSLETTER NR. 64 / OCTOBER 2017 Contents 1. Cyprus Problem ....................................................................................... 2 2. Hydrocarbons .......................................................................................... 8 3. Greek Cypriots ........................................................................................ 9 Economic Developments ........................................................................ 9 Domestic Developments ....................................................................... 10 Labour Relations and Trade Unions ...................................................... 11 4. Turkish Cypriots .................................................................................... 13 Economic Developments ...................................................................... 13 Relations with Turkey ........................................................................... 13 Domestic Developments ....................................................................... 14 Labour Relations and Trade Unions ...................................................... 15 5. FES Cyprus Events ................................................................................. 15 FES NEWS - please follow and visit us on - Twitter.com/FESCyprus - www.FEScyprus.org - www.facebook.com/FEScyprus For subscription to this free newsletter please send an email to [email protected] 1 FES CYPRUS NEWSLETTER Nr. 64 / October 2017 1. Cyprus Problem other two guarantor powers. In the interim, Anastasiades called on the Turkish side to Following the unsuccessful conclusion of the engage with confidence-building measures. Cyprus Conference in July, the UN announced a These included returning Varosha and allowing period of reflection for the parties involved. On resettlement by its lawful inhabitants in order September 21, the President of the Republic of to create a climate conducive for resuming Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades addressed the 72nd negotiations with the aim of reaching a session of the United Nations Assembly at UN comprehensive settlement. Headquarters in New York. Following his address to the UN Assembly, In his speech, Anastasiades expressed his readi- Anastasiades held a meeting with UNSG ness to resume negotiations to solve the dec- Antonio Guterres on September 22. Foreign ades long division of Cyprus. He urged Turkey Minister Ioannis Kasoulides, Government and the Turkish Cypriot side to realize that it is Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides, Greek only through mutual respect and compromises Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis and and not obsolete fixations to failed practices a Cyprus Permanent Representative at the UN viable and lasting settlement may be achieved. Kornelios Korneliou also attended the meeting. Despite not wishing to engage in a blame game, During the meeting Anastasiades raised a Anastasiades said, he attributed the failed talks number of issues including the Turkish threats in Switzerland “exclusively to the intransigent and incursions inside the island’s exclusive stance of Turkey which, instead of being economic zone (EEZ). The two also discussed positively predisposed to establishing a truly the report being prepared by the UN good independent, sovereign and normal state, offices to be presented to the UN security through its proposals aimed at reducing Cyprus council. Guterres also met with the leader of to a Turkish protectorate”. This was a stark con- the Turkish Cypriot community, Mustafa Akinci trast to the “constructive stance” adopted by on September 23. The two exchanged views on the Cyprus government at Crans Montana, the current status of the Cyprus talks as well as which was in line with the United Nations on their future. On his return from New York, Secretary General’s (UNSG) framework Akinci stated that the UNSG would be proposal. According to Anastasiades, Turkey evaluating the possibility of reviving the talks adopted an inflexible stance by insisting on the once the elections in the south take place. maintenance of the Treaty of Guarantee and Moreover, the Turkish Cypriot leader stressed the right of intervention, as well as a permanent that “an open-ended process which is not presence of troops in stark contradiction to the solution oriented is not supported by the framework of the UNSG and the positions of the Turkish Cypriot side,” and that he did not 2 FES CYPRUS NEWSLETTER Nr. 64 / October 2017 expect the negotiations to restart any time regarded as the island's sole government by the soon. Akinci also met with Turkish Foreign international community "for the last 50 years". Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to evaluate the next "Unless we agree on power sharing, unless we steps to be taken after the collapse of the digest the idea that there are going to be two negotiations in Crans Montana. politically equal entities, two politically equal constituent states ... that one day a Turkish On September 25, during a Daily Press Briefing, Cypriot also is going to be the president of a following the separate meetings Guterres held United Cyprus, then we will not he be able to with Anastasiades and Akinci in New York, the move ahead,” stressed. United Nations Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reiterated that the UNSG remains available Delegations from the Republican Turkish Party when the parties in Cyprus are ready to go to (CTP) and AKEL led by party leaders met at the him. CTP headquarters in northern Nicosia. The two parties reiterated their commitment to the Following his meeting with United Nations existing UN parameters and said that the best Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Akinci told model for a solution in Cyprus was a bi-zonal, a press conference at the UN headquarters that bi-communal federal settlement on the basis of it would not be "conducive" to restart peace political equality. This attracted the criticism of talks because of upcoming presidential the Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister Tahsin elections in the Republic of Cyprus. Akinci Ertugruloglu. In a written statement, he said added that any future negotiation process “the Crans-Montana summit was inconclusive would need to have a deadline and be "result- and not only did the conference come to an end orientated" because negotiations “cannot but the 50-year solution process that was based continue in an open-ended" way. Akinci said he on UN parameters searching for a federal had "conveyed" to Mr Guterres that the solution. This reality was also voiced by the “unwarranted isolation of the Turkish Cypriots” President [Akinci]. It is also our government’s must end. Responding to a question, Akinci official view and the view voiced by motherland stated that any future talks would be doomed Turkey … When the situation is like this, to call to failure unless the Greek Cypriots “accepted for ‘hopes to be kept alive’ for a new joint the political equality" of Turkish Cypriots. He federal solution to emerge, is equal to repeating said this stance was the reason for the lack of the past 50 years, which has been … success in all previous efforts to forge a solution unsuccessful”. He added that “From now on including the Greek Cypriots' rejection of the [TRNC]1 will determine its fate together with Annan Plan. Akinci said that the Greek Cypriot side did not want to share power, having been 1 The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) is only recognised by the Republic of Turkey. While for 3 FES CYPRUS NEWSLETTER Nr. 64 / October 2017 Turkey. The time has come to discuss new Cyprus. “We are doing all we can to make sure things”. that the recently discovered natural resources in the Eastern Mediterranean will serve peace, Furthermore, in an interview to the Voice of stability and prosperity. We are prepared to America in New York, Ertugruloglu said that it make use of solution proposals which will was not right for the UN to insist on continuing respect the rights of the Turkish Cypriots” he the Cyprus negotiation process that have been said. According to CNA, which cited diplomatic going on for the past 50 years without any suc- sources Turkey is not willing to make any moves cessful outcome. Expressing his view that any on Cyprus at the present. This was conveyed by new negotiation process in Cyprus should be Erdogan to the UNSG when they met in New held between two states on the basis of York on the side-lines of the UN General political equality, Ertugruloglu said “the process Assembly. UN circles, according to CNA, which recognizes the Greek Cypriots as estimate that Ankara is waiting for the results of representatives of a state and Turkish Cypriots the German and Austrian elections to have a as a community will not be brought back to life. clearer picture of Turkey’s relations with the EU Turkish Cypriots have had 50 years of their lives before indicating a shift in its positions on stolen from them…we won’t allow another 50 Cyprus. years to be stolen”. Speaking on CyBC government spokesman Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Nicos Christodoulides stated on September 25 expressed his disappointment over the failure that a timeframe on the resumption of Cyprus of the Cyprus negotiations process as a result of talks has not been made. Although mentioning the Greek Cypriot side’s stance. Addressing the that negotiations may resume in October or 72nd UN General Assembly, Erdogan said that November, Christodoulides argued that the Ankara was doing all it could for a settlement in Turkish Cypriot side expects no movement before next January’s presidential
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