According to illegal Bayrak television (27.06.15) the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akύncύ will be travelling to Brussels on Monday for a series of high level contacts with EU officials.
Akinci will be departing for the EU capital following his meeting with the Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades on Monday morning.
Amongst other top ranking EU officials, Akύncύ is scheduled to meet with the President of the EU Parliament Martύn Shultz.
Akinci is expected to return to the island on Friday.
Meanwhile, Turkish daily Milliyet newspaper (29.06.15-online in Turkish) reported that Akinci, in statements to the paper’s correspondent in the occupied area of Cyprus, Sefa Karahasan, referred to the contacts he will hold with high ranking officials in Brussels and stated that he will sent the message that “The time has come for the solution. We should not lose time”.
Also, according to the paper, during his contacts in Brussels, Akinci will call the EU to prepare the Turkish Cypriots for the solution.
Speaking to Milliyet, Akinci stated the following: “The EU should contribute to the negotiation process in Cyprus. However, the negotiations will continue and they will be a UN’s process”.
Stating that since the federal state to be formed after the solution will be in the EU, Akinci said that it is for this reason that the EU should have close ties with the Turkish Cypriots. “The Turkish Cypriots will be an equal part of the federal state to be. The EU should establish warm ties with the Turkish Cypriot side prior to the solution. The Turkish Cypriots and their institutions should be prepared and be harmonized with the EU standards”, Akinci said.
Akinci to meet with Schultz in Brussels; with call to EU to support the Cyprus negotiation process
