Eroglu and Ertug reiterated their view that the opening of the fenced off town of Varosha is part of a comprehensive solution
Turkish Cypriot daily Volkan (06.07.13) reports that during the opening ceremony at the 3rd potato festival in the occupied village of Pergamos, Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, reiterated the view that the opening of the fenced off town of Varosha is part of a comprehensive solution, adding that there is no need to make continuous statements on the issue. His response to the Varosha issue came after criticisms that he did not made so far any statements on the issue.
On the same issue, illegal Bayrak television (05.07.13) broadcast that Eroglu’s special representative Osman Ertug, argued that the latest reports in the Greek Cypriot press concerning a package of proposals for the fenced off town of Varosha were an attempt to create an artificial agenda on the Cyprus problem.
Ertug, in a written statement issued on Saturday, said that the Greek Cypriot Administration, as he refers to the Cyprus government, must abandon its delaying tactics at a time when efforts were underway to restart the Cyprus negotiations process.
Claiming that the fenced off town of Varosha was widely accepted by the international community to be part of a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem, Ertuπ said that the European Union was not a side at the Cyprus negotiations process and therefore such attempts by the Greek Cypriot side to drag it into such initiatives were meaningless.
Responding to the Greek Cypriot reports that the ‘package’ of proposals was to be passed onto Ankara through the channels of the EU Commission; Ertuπ said: “The negotiating table is the only place for such serious proposals to be made and the Turkish Cypriot side is the only correct address.”