TRNC President Tatar: Greek Cypriot side's terrorizing actions continue to increase

Ersin Tatar, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), described the arrest actions carried out by the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCASC) against those who bought property from his country as "terrorist activities" and said, "The terrorizing actions of the Greek Cypriot side continue to increase."

TRNC President Ersin Tatar received Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, who was reappointed by United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the Personal Representative of Cyprus, at the Presidential Compound.

During the one and a half hour meeting between Tatar and Cuellar, the issues between the parties in Cyprus were discussed.

Holding a press conference after the meeting, TRNC President Ersin Tatar criticized the arrest actions of the SCGA against those who bought property in the TRNC and stated that they conveyed their discomfort in this sense to Cuellar to convey to UN Secretary General Guterres.

Stating that he had told Greek Cypriot Cypriot Leader Nikos Christodoulidis that the arrests of those who bought property in the TRNC in previous meetings negatively affected the process, Tatar emphasized that it is not possible to get a result from both the UN-supervised 3-way meeting and other negotiation issues until the arrest process of the Greeks for those who bought property in the TRNC ends.

TRNC President Tatar reminded that the Greek Cypriots had previously carried out attacks against the TRNC targeting the tourism and education sectors, and described the arrests carried out against those who bought property in the country as "terrorist activities".

Tatar stated that the SCGA is trying to squeeze the TRNC, which is already under embargo and isolation, even more and said the following:

"The terrorizing actions of the Greek Cypriot side continue to increase. The attacks are a miscalculation aimed at bringing us to our knees. We have conveyed this situation to the UN. There is great discomfort over property issues. The trilateral meeting will not benefit anyone unless these issues are corrected."

UN official Cuellar optimistic

After the meeting, UN Secretary-General Guterres' Personal Representative for Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar also made statements to the press separately from Tatar.

Cuellar stated that he listened carefully to TRNC President Tatar's concerns about property and noted that they discussed the Confidence Building Measures (CPMs) agreed by the parties in Geneva in March and that they should achieve results on these issues for the next meeting in New York in July.

Stating that he had a good meeting with TRNC President Tatar, Cuellar announced that he will meet again with SCGA Leader Christodoulidis on May 30th.

Cuellar said he would try to do his best on Cyprus, adding that he would build a bridge between the parties for concrete results.