The Chairman of the General Democracy Party (TDP) Zeki Çeler evaluated the tripartite meeting held in New York and highlighted the importance of being at the table and communicating.
Çeler: We sent this to Tatar, we see we were right
Making a written statement, Çeler drew attention to the statements made by the parties after the informal dinner of the Greek leader Nikos Hristodulidis and the President Ersin Tatar, hosted by the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres in New York last night.
While Tatar invited them to meet to give information about his contacts in the US before they went to dinner; Remembering that they expressed to him the importance of being together, sitting at the table and establishing a conversation, even if it was social, Çeler reiterated that they were getting their This food is positive.
“Tatarais realized that he could not escape from some truths. “
Çeler said, “Turkish Cypriots must be the main actor and be the ones who set the table instead of running away from the table. We see that we are right in the picture that appeared after dinner last night. “Tatar seems to understand that he cannot escape from the point that Turkish-Greek relations have reached and the regional realities,” he said.
Pointing out that Guterres said “There is no common ground” as expected, Çeler said, “Guterres confirmed that there is no common ground and asked the leaders to continue their efforts in this regard. “He also made a statement that there would be discussions to open new doors,” he said.
“The Turkish Cypriot leadership should maintain active diplomacy.”
Insisting that the Turkish Cypriot side has been in a passive situation since the last presidential election in the country, Çeler noted that although the meeting in New York did not provide an initiative to find a solution on the problem of Cyprus that everyone needed, he let the Turks. Cypriots to make new active contributions to the process.
Çeler said, “The Turkish Cypriot leadership should maintain active diplomacy to improve at least some of the negative effects of the ongoing status quo on the island, especially the opening of new doors.”
“We will finalize our recommendations on the subject and share them with the public.”
Çeler is an example of this; He said “the appointment of technical committees, the implementation of joint projects, starting to open new doors, overcoming the problems of citizenship of Turkish Cypriots whose parents only have the citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus, and the development of the trade of the Green Line.”
Çeler said, “As TDP, we will be consolidating our proposals on this issue and sharing them with the public in the coming days. “
