Ο Υπουργός
Εξωτερικών, κ. Ιωάννης Κασουλίδης, παραθέτει πιο κάτω, το απομαγνητοφωνημένο
κείμενο της συνέντευξης που έδωσε στο δημοσιογράφο ΕμρέΝτινέρ της τουρκικής
εφημερίδας Σαμπάχ στις 6 Δεκεμβρίου 2013, μέρος της οποίας δημοσιεύτηκε στη
σημερινή έκδοση της τουρκοκυπριακής εφημερίδας Κίπρισλι.
Οι απαντήσεις του
κυρίου Υπουργού προς το δημοσιογράφο δόθηκαν στην Αγγλική, ενώ οι ερωτήσεις απευθύνθηκαν
στα Τουρκικά και μεταφράστηκαν από δημοσιογράφο του
Γραφείου Τύπου και Πληροφοριών στα Ελληνικά.
Απόσπασμα των δηλώσεων του Υπουργού Εξωτερικών στον
Τούρκο δημοσιογράφο ΕμρέΝτινέρ (06.12.2013)
Ερώτηση: Μια αξιολόγηση θα θέλαμε για την κατάσταση στην οποία
περιήλθαν οι συνομιλίες για το Κυπριακό.
Απάντηση:I want to express optimism
that it is quite possible very soon to have a text of joint declaration so that
the meeting of the two leaders in the presence of Alexander Downer can take
place, which will signal the official beginning of the negotiations. Of course,
negotiations have been taking place since September and what the joint
declaration is dealing with is a very important part of the negotiations,
because we will cover a very big ground on very thorny issues, which will
facilitate the negotiations from here onwards.
Ερώτηση: Μεταβήκατε στις Βρυξέλλες με τον Πρόεδρο Αναστασιάδη. Θα
μπορούσατε να μας περιγράφατε λίγο τις επαφές σας εκεί; ΠώςβλέπειηΕΕτηνκατάστασηστοΚυπριακό;
Απάντηση:There have been some
statements by MrBarosso which reflect the position of the European Commission
encouraging the two sides to begin negotiations as soon as possible and
expressing the view that a joint declaration is useful, in order to begin these
negotiations. But of course with MrBarosso and the other Commissioners we
discussed the whole spectrum between Cyprus and the European Commission in
other fields. For instance, when I talked, I talked about the policy of Cyprus
in our region. Nothing to do with the Cyprus problem or Turkey, but more the
issues of relations between Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, the responsibility of
Cyprus because of its geographic position in the fight against terrorism,
nuclear proliferation and so on. The Minister of Finance spoke about the
economic situation in Cyprus, the progress that has been made since the program
with troika was put. The Minister of Energy spoke about the hydrocarbons and
also on tourism and other issues. The Minister of Labor on how we will face
issues of unemployment. […]
Ερώτηση: Στο θέμα των επισκέψεων του κ. Μαυρογιάννη στην Άγκυρα
και του κ. Ερτούγ στην Αθήνα ακόμα δεν κατέστη δυνατό να υπάρξει οποιοδήποτε
αποτέλεσμα. Δεν άρχισαν αυτές οι επισκέψεις
και υπάρχουν αλληλοκατηγορίες ανάμεσα στις πλευρές. Ποιο είναι το
πρόβλημα, γιατί δεν μπορούν να γίνουν αυτές οι επισκέψεις;
Απάντηση:Well, accusations and
counter accusations became the bread and butter of us Cypriots here. The truth
of the matter is that if, as I hope, the first meeting between MrEroglu and Mr
Anastasiades will take place hopefully next week, immediately after we are
going to have the visits of Mr Mavroyiannis to Ankara and MrErtug to Athens.
Ερώτηση: Ποιος είναι ο βαθμός βεβαιότητας ότι θα πραγματοποιηθούν
αυτές οι επισκέψεις;
Απάντηση:Absolute certainty.
Immediately after the meeting and the agreement on the joint declaration, the
meetings of the two interlocutors respectively will take place.
Ερώτηση: Τι έχετε να πείτε για τη στάση της Τουρκίας για το θέμα
της λύσης του Κυπριακού. Η κυβέρνηση του ΑΚΡ λέει ότι θέλει λύση στην Κύπρο. Πώςθααξιολογούσατετηστάσητης;
Απάντηση:Well, I want to be cautious
here in saying that there is an English say that “proof of pudding is in the
eating”, which means that when we begin eating we will say whether it is good
or not. So since things are expected to be developing very quickly after the
joint declaration and the meeting between the two leaders, we will form opinion
on this. Let me not talk about the past, let us leave our evaluations about the
past aside and let us look forward and expect that will work positively in the
efforts to reach a solution.[…]
Ερώτηση: Ποια είναι τα ειλικρινή σας μηνύματα ως Υπουργός
Εξωτερικών της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας προς την Τουρκική Δημοκρατία σε σχέση με
τη λύση του κυπριακού προβλήματος; Αντιλαμβανόμαστε ότι έχετε στείλει πολλές
φορές μηνύματα, αλλά θα θέλαμε να τα ακούσουμε.
Απάντηση:Yes I am not tired in
repeating the messages that I would like
to send first of all to the Turkish public opinion, but also to the leadership
in Ankara that everybody understands how much both Greek Cypriots and the
Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus but also Turkey can gain from the solution of the
Cyprus problem. In order to be able to achieve the solution all the
stakeholders, those who are party to this problem, should work and contribute
and a lot of matters will improve things with the solution. For instance, all
the obstacles which exist at the moment because of the presence of the Turkish
troops in Cyprus in the accession negotiations of Turkey into the EU will be
removed. But also many other outstanding problems that create hindrance in
exercising both the policy of Turkey towards this region and our policy towards
this region will also be removed. So, if I can refer to the issue of the
hydrocarbons, I have said repeatedly and I will say it again that this can
serve as an incentive, as a motivation in order to resolve the problem of
Cyprus […]. Let us hope that the issue of hydrocarbons may become what coal and
steel at the end of the Second World War between Germany and France and this
was, if you remember, the first organization on which the present EU was built.
So let us hope that the hydrocarbons will become the tool for peace and
reconciliation for all those who have differences in Eastern Mediterranean.
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ΓΡΑΦΕΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ
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