May 2017

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has expressed hope that Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci also has the right understanding about a federation, and called on Akinci to give an example of a federation where everything the Turkish side is demanding is acceptable.

The President also said that he has made compromises, not against the Greek Cypriot community’s interests, but to meet the concerns of the Turkish Cypriots.

According to a Presidency press release, addressing the opening of Kedros of Ayia Marina organization in the village of Kotsiatis, President Anastasiades said that there were problems in talks to reach a solution of the Cyprus problem and expresses regret that Akinci was calling on him to understand what a federation meant.

Speaking earlier at a children’s festival in occupied Cyprus, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said that President Anastasiades should prepare himself and the Greek Cypriot community for a federal settlement or a side by side state solution to the Cyprus Problem.