TRNC President Mustafa Akinci: "Every issue on Cyprus re-unification has been discussed, All that is left is..."

TRNC President Mustafa Akinci was speaking at a briefing of foreign diplomats who were on island for the 20 July celebrations. He said that it was the right time for a solution and the whole of the island should be included in international law not just one half.

President Akinci has said that there is no issue which has not been discussed on Cyprus and the only thing left it was political will and decisiveness.

Akinci indicated that there were only two choices for TCs to be part of international law – one was recognition of the TRNC which has not happened and will not in the foreseeable future and the other was through a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation.

He said that by solving the Cyprus issue, they would become an example for the Eastern Mediterranean and wanted to create a win-win situation.

From a settlement, ‘fantastic’ economic choices would be born, said Akinci and added that natural gas found off the coast of Cyprus could be exported to Europe via Turkey. He ended by saying that a settlement would need to harbour political equality and take both communities under security.

Credit: Kibris Postasi