TRNC News Today 12th May 2015
Negotiations resume on Friday
Starting date of the new negotiation process has been determined as Friday 15 May at the meeting which lasted for 2 hours between the leaders last night.
Negotiators of both sides Özdil Nami and Andreas Mavroyannis and UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus Lisa Buttenheim were also present at the working dinner which brought the two leaders together for the first time under the auspices of the UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide. Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide made the following statement after the joint leaders’ dinner on Monday, 11 May 2015:
“Good evening.
Tonight’s dinner between the two leaders, Mr. Anastasiades and Mr. Akinci, accompanied by their negotiators, Mr. Ozdil Nami and Mr Andreas Mavroyiannis, and together with SRSG Lisa Buttenheim and myself, was conducted in a very positive atmosphere.
The two leaders developed and shared their vision for the future of Cyprus, in the spirit of the Joint Declaration of 11 February 2014. They agreed that it was important to use the momentum created, and this new opportunity to move forward without delay.
The leaders expressed their strong commitment, joint commitment, to move forward in a constructive and dedicated manner, and for that reason, they agreed to hold the first leaders’ meeting on Friday, 15 May, to go through a general exchange of views and to agree on the modalities for the structuring and frequency of the meetings.
I want to add from my side that I think this is a unique opportunity, an opportunity that will be grasped, and it is truly rewarding to work with two leaders with such a strong commitment to seeing a shared challenge that can only be solved through shared effort, to find a shared solution. I very much look forward to the continuation. As you have understood, we will start working, and working hard, already in the morning on 15 May, this coming Friday. Thank you for the attention.”
President Akıncı expressed the following in a twitter message after the meeting:
“We have come together with Anastasiades tonight. I consider that it has been a positive meeting and we have made a good start.”
Nami left his post as the Foreign Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs Özdil Nami, who is assigned as the Turkish
“I presented my petition in which I asked for my resignation from my duty as the Foreign Minister since September 2013. I thank everyone who contributed and mainly the personnel of the Foreign Ministry who fulfil their duties in the best way.”
Çavuşoğlu: “Turkey is one step ahead from everyone concerning a solution in Cyprus”
Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated that Turkey is one step ahead from everyone concerning a
Greek Cypriot political party refused federation
Central Committee of the Greek Cypriot political party EDEK decided not to support a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation as a solution model in Cyprus problem following the meeting held yesterday. Greek
Committee on Missing Persons meets with UN Secretary General
The members of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York.
Extraordinary Party Congress of CTP-BG will be held on the 14th of June
According to the decision of the party assembly, the extraordinary
According to the written statement of CTP-BG press office, those who want to be a candidate for the general presidency and membership of the party assembly should make an application to the head office up to the end of office hours on the 14th of May.
According to the congress calendar, applications have already started as of 9th of May.
Anastasiades was alone at Red Square
It has been stated that a commemoration ceremony was held in Moscow, the capital of Russia, for those who
According to the news; Putin conveyed to Anastasiades that his participation as the only leader from the EU member states has a great importance and added that they are always ready to help on the Cyprus issue.
American Ambassador to Cyprus awards prizes for “Cultural Diplomacy”
American Ambassador to Cyprus John Koenig and his wife awarded the “Ambassador Cultural Diplomacy Prize” to three persons due to their extraordinary efforts in order to use music as a means of cultural communication.
According to the statement of US Ambassador Press Office; Fikri Toros, Katie Economidou and Demetra George Mustafaoğlu were awarded this prize by John Koenig and his wife.
In his speech at the prize ceremony Koenig said that these talented people made music and provided a good time for the listeners in Cyprus and in several other countries and also they especially created donations for charities through music and education in order to develop Cypriots’ life conditions.
“Dual Marriage” book will be promoted
The book entitled “Dual Marriage” written by the author Sevil Emirzade will be promoted at Eski Konak Meyhanesi between 17:00-19:00 tomorrow. The book has the characteristics of a semi-documentary folkloric play and aims to remind and conserve the customs and traditions. The play has ten scenes and some of the scenes have the feature of a short play and also the characters speak with Turkish Cypriot accent. The play is about the village life of Turkish Cypriots in the middle of the 20th century.
Our View: Hard-line parties should not attend National Council
EDEK might call itself a socialist party, but the truth is that it has always made more stock out of its nationalism and hard-line stance on the Cyprus problem than its supposedly socialist ideals. It was therefore no surprise that its newly-elected leader Marinos Sizopoulos, on Sunday, pushed the party’s central committee to adopt the position against a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation (BBF). There was no need for a vote, according to
Cyprus Mail, 12 May 2015
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