As the 5+1 Cyprus talks start today in Geneva in a 2 day UN-led informal Cyprus conference a platform called ‘Two-State Solution Platform for Cyprus’ is calling for “an immediate end to the unjust isolation and restrictions imposed on the TRNC and Turkish Cypriot people.”
In a press realise shared by the group on Friday they stating “The two peoples on the island have not shared power for the last 58 years, each self-governing independently. As the negotiations in the last 53 years have shown, Greek Cypriots are not willing to share power or the island’s oil & gas resources. Turkish Cypriot’s constitutional rights were usurped and removed from all government institutions by force of arms. This was proceeded by UN Resolution 186 which paved the way to the Greek Cypriots being recognised as the sole authority of the island unjustly eliminating the co-founding partners- the Turkish Cypriots from joint governance.”
Adding that security concerns can only be addressed through a Two-State solution, which will also help towards creating “stability and co-operation on the island and in the region” to help both side of the islands economically as well as creating better relations between all sides.
Going on to say that the “In October 2020 the Turkish Cypriot population of Cyprus voted for a democratically elected leader, President Ersin Tatar, who won his seat on a clear Two-State mandate. The message from the Turkish Cypriot people is clear; it is time for an alternative solution to be brought to the negotiation table which is a Two-State solution. The undersigned believe that the time has passed for endless negotiations and we stress the need for political, economic and social parity and a level playing field for peace and stability to be achieved in Cyprus.
The Turkish Cypriot people want an end to their international isolation; to be able to travel and trade freely, to have a right to life, and to invoke the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, Article 2, which says that: “.. .no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or
under any other limitation of sovereignty”.
All Turkish Cypriots, home and abroad, must now be given the freedom and power to decide for themselves what their future status will be. It’s time for us to make historic progress and reach a peaceful resolution. It’s time for a Two-State solution.”
The platform is made up of some 65 Turkish Cypriot and Turkish organisation in North Cyprus, Turkey, UK, Australia and America.
