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Turkish Cypriot spokesperson sees the report as balanced
LEFKOSA (A.A) - 08.03.2011 - The spokesman of Turkish Cypriot Presidential Office said on Tuesday that a report of the United Nations (UN) secretary general regarding ongoing Cyprus negotiations was balanced.
Spokesperson Osman Ertug of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Presidential Office said Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would present the report to the Security Council on March 15.
"The general outlines of the report are balanced," Ertug said.
Ertug said one of the most important messages the report gave was that Cyprus negotiations could not be open-ended, which was an issue stressed by the Turkish Cypriots from the outset.
The spokesman said the report reaffirmed that the territory issue was related with not only ownership and migrants but also security and guarantees, which was another issue supported by the Turkish Cypriots.
"The secretary general's report mostly associates with the views of Turkish Cypriots, and is of critical importance for the future of the process," he said.
Ertug said TRNC expected the Security Council to support secretary general's views.
In his report, Ban said negotiations could not be open-ended, and the UN could not allow unending negotiations.
Ban said there was a serious risk that negotiations could be decelerated when Turkey and the Greek Cypriot administration were about to hold elections.
The secretary general said he would evaluate in the second half of March whether or not sufficient progress was marked for him to re-meet the two parties in Cyprus.
Ban also called on Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot sides to take necessary steps to complete negotiations on property issue.
Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders have been negotiating on a solution to Cyprus problem in a bid to reunify the island since 2008. The island has been divided since 1974 when an Athens-backed Greek Cypriot military coup on the island led to Turkey's intervention based on its rights stemming from the Treaty of Guarantee.
Spokesperson Osman Ertug of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Presidential Office said Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would present the report to the Security Council on March 15.
"The general outlines of the report are balanced," Ertug said.
Ertug said one of the most important messages the report gave was that Cyprus negotiations could not be open-ended, which was an issue stressed by the Turkish Cypriots from the outset.
The spokesman said the report reaffirmed that the territory issue was related with not only ownership and migrants but also security and guarantees, which was another issue supported by the Turkish Cypriots.
"The secretary general's report mostly associates with the views of Turkish Cypriots, and is of critical importance for the future of the process," he said.
Ertug said TRNC expected the Security Council to support secretary general's views.
In his report, Ban said negotiations could not be open-ended, and the UN could not allow unending negotiations.
Ban said there was a serious risk that negotiations could be decelerated when Turkey and the Greek Cypriot administration were about to hold elections.
The secretary general said he would evaluate in the second half of March whether or not sufficient progress was marked for him to re-meet the two parties in Cyprus.
Ban also called on Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot sides to take necessary steps to complete negotiations on property issue.
Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders have been negotiating on a solution to Cyprus problem in a bid to reunify the island since 2008. The island has been divided since 1974 when an Athens-backed Greek Cypriot military coup on the island led to Turkey's intervention based on its rights stemming from the Treaty of Guarantee.
