The New Cyprus Federal Structure will have a brand new Name and a brand new Flag

Following the leaders meeting on September 1st 2015, President Mustafa Akinci made statements to the press on his return.

Speaking outside the Presidential palace Akinci said that the talks were continuing within a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation framework; a new structure would be formed and this new federative structure would have a brand new name and a brand new flag.

Akinci said that in the meeting today they had made an assessment of the point they had reached and some studies had been carried out with regards to property.

Pointing to the reports in the GC press recently that there was agreement on the property criteria, Akinci said that these reports were misleading. He said there was agreement on categories not criteria. He went on to say there was agreement on which category affected properties were going to be in and the two sides were continuing their preparations on this matter.

Akinci said “41 years has passed and this has created 41 new situations. It was not possible to tear away people who lived on those lands with one decision and this was seen clearly in cases in the ECHR”.

Akinci went on to say that according to the GCs the shape of the Cyprus Republic was changing; according to the TC Side a new structure was being born and with this new structure would be a new federative model with a new flag. However this new structure would not go and apply to the EU or UN again – it would take its place with its new name.

As for the decisions regarding Derinya and Aplic borders, Akinci said the work from now on belonged to the technical committees.

Credit: KP Daily News