Anastasiades hopes no hardening of positions after eletions in North Cyprus

Following the election in North Cyprus, the Greek Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades’ campaign office on Monday said the elections in the north had their own political significance despite their illegality and hopes no hardening of positions on the Cyprus issue after the election.

The National Unity Party (UBP) emerged victorious in Sunday election, gaining 35.58 per cent of the vote and 21 seats in the 50-seat ‘parliament’.

We hope that they will not create conditions within the Turkish Cypriot community that will lead to further hardening of its positions and its intransigence,” Anastasiades’ spokeswoman Annita Demetriou said in a written statement.

Of course, the official negotiator of the Turkish Cypriot community remains independent of the results, without forgetting that Ankara itself has the main and decisive role,” she added.

The statement said the aim of all should be the solution of the Cyprus problem on the basis created by Nicos Anastasiades, that is, within the framework of the solution and the parameters of the UN.

We hope that the Turkish Cypriot community will grasp the benefits and approach the process with good intentions and goodwill, something we unfortunately did not see in the recent negotiating process,” the statement said.

Cyprus Mail