New threats by Eroglu:Either you accept international conference or everybody will go their own way
Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis newspaper (18.04.12) reports that Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has made a call to President Christofias to accept an international conference on the Cyprus problem or else the roads of the two communities will be separated. Addressing yesterday Doga Anadolu Lyceums’ 5th t-MBA Summit in Turkey, Eroglu said, inter alia, the following, referring to President Christofias: “If he has any intention to agree then let him come to a five-party conference . Let us sit at an equal level in a five-party conference where Turkey and the other guarantor powers will participate and solve the Cyprus problem. This is the last call which I will make. If he rejects this as well, then let everyone go their own way”.
Eroglu reiterated his allegation that two separate peoples and two separate democracies exist in Cyprus and that the goal of the negotiations is that there is the establishment of a new partnership state in which two separate democracies will participate. He said that in a possible agreement none of the peoples will dominate over the other and the agreement will be established on the basis of the equality between the Greek and the Turkish Cypriots.
Eroglu claimed that a just solution in Cyprus could be sound with the “realities” taken into consideration and recalled that since he came on duty he says that a lasting agreement is possible.
Eroglu argued that there are two basic obstacles. The one, he alleged, is the rejection of the federal solution by the Greek Cypriots and the other is the tolerance and protection of the Greek Cypriot political elite by the world.
Eroglu reiterated once more the allegation that there are no refugees in Cyprus. He argued: “After 38 years no refugees remain in Cyprus, neither in the north nor in the south. Still talking about refugees after 38 years is tantamount to incompetence of the governments”. Eroglu claimed that as long as the government of the Republic of Cyprus continues to deceive its people in this manner reaching an agreement would not be possible.
Arguing that if a five-party international conference is invited, they are ready to show flexibility and the Cyprus problem can be solved, Eroglu said, inter alia, the following: “…Open-ended negotiations cannot continue. On 1 July either the negotiations will continue taking a new form with the creation of a new negotiating table, new conditions and new parameters, or everybody will go their own way”.
