References to the Cyprus problem
by the President of the
Republic
We are determined to work with
sincerity and desire for a solution to the Cyprus problem that will terminate
the occupation, the President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, today
said.
Addressing the participants at a
seminar of the Youth Organization of Cyprus, the President of the Republic said,
among others, that the problems the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot youth face
“are common, unemployment is common, the problems of your future in particular
are equally painful, if no way out is found through a viable and functional
solution (to the Cyprus problem) with full respect for human rights. That is why
it interests everybody”.
He added that “it is time for all
those, who are involved and constitute the factors for a solution, to realize
that they must create the appropriate climate, so that the young people also
begin to comprehend that there is at last a need for mutual understanding and
intermingling”.
The President of the Republic noted
that “we are not seeking the solution to the Cyprus problem antagonistically or
as part of a blame game. We do not have the luxury. I want to be clear in every
direction and mainly to the Turkish and Turkish Cypriot sides: The Greek Cypriot
side is not helped through the attribution of blame. We are not interested as to
who will be responsible for a deadlock that will keep our homeland partitioned.
What interests us is to reunite this land, because we do not deserve to live in
a lesser homeland”.
He went on to add that “we hope and
wish that Turkey will come to realize at last that it must put in practice all
that it declares publicly; in other words all those statements about its
determination and willingness to support an agreed and just solution that we,
Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots together, will negotiate and agree on.
On our side, we are determined to work
with sincerity and desire for a solution that will at last terminate the
occupation and the colonization, that will free Cyprus from foreign
dependencies, and that will restore and safeguard the human rights and basic
freedoms of all Cypriots without exception”, the President of the Republic
said.
