Leaders meet again today
President Mustafa Akıncı and Greek Cypriot Leader Nikos Anastasiades met again today as part of the Cyprus negotiation process.
The Leaders have held three of the seven meetings which have been scheduled in the latest round of intensified talks. The Leaders will meet again on 6, 7 and 14 September.
Minister Denktaş met with Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş
The Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance Serdar Denktaş travelled to Ankara yesterday for a series of official contacts. Denktaş met with the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş at Çankaya Palace.
Minister Denktaş expressed his pleasure in having undertaken the visit and added that this visit gave both ministers a platform to exchange views on the second round of the intensified negotiation process.
Protests held against a Greek Cypriot trader for importing potatoes from the TRNC
A protest was held last Saturday by a group of around 200 Greek Cypriot farmers, potato exporters and Members of Parliament, against a Greek Cypriot trader, Hristos Hristofi, who buys potatoes from the TRNC under the Green Line Regulation (GLR) in order to export them.
According to a report by Alithia, a Greek Cypriot newspaper, the seven MPs at the protest were from DISI, ELAM and the Solidarity Movement.
Mr Hristofi is now said to be considering cancelling the new order, Alithia reports.
The Greek Cypriot Minister of Agriculture Nikos Kuyalis stated that all activities undertaken by the Greek Cypriot potato exporter were fair, legal and within the scope of the Green Line Regulations.
Agriculture Minister Çavuşoğlu: “How will the mentality which cannot even accept importing Turkish Cypriot potatoes be united with the Turkish Cypriot people”
The Agriculture and Natural Resources Minister Nazım Çavuşoğlu has stated that it is unacceptable that a group of Greek Cypriots protested against a Greek Cypriot trader who legally imports potatoes from the TRNC under the Green Line Regulations.
In his written statement, Minister Çavuşoğlu stated that he was saddened and worried by the situation. Trade takes place between the two sides as part of the Green Line Regulations, Minister Çavuşoğlu noted, but some fanatics are trying to prevent it.
“How can a way of thinking – which cannot even accept importing Turkish Cypriot potatoes – become united with the Turkish Cypriot people?”
Minister Çavuşoğlu also called upon the Greek Cypriot Minister of Agriculture Nikos Kuyalis to implement new initiatives that will encourage peaceful cooperation and trading for future generations.
Source: TRNC Public Information Office –
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