TRNC denies Greek Cypriot media claims of 'UN new solution proposal'

By Mehmet Kemal Firik

NICOSIA (AA) - The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) denied Saturday Greek Cypriot media allegations about a "UN proposal for a new solution.”

It said there was no official meeting proposal conveyed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

The Foreign Ministry denied allegations in Greek Cypriot media that claimed l Guterres presented a “new solution” proposal in Cyprus but the Turkish side rejected it -- abandoning the two-state solution, and thus changes occurred in the conditions demanded.

The ministry's statement noted that "Greek Cypriot leadership arranged false news" in the media about "the National Council meeting of the Greek Cypriot Administration," attempting to "appear as a 'demanding party' in the international community regarding the Cyprus issue."

The statement also clarified that no other work has been conducted apart from the process led by the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar in Cyprus.

It added that Greek Cypriot media statements claiming that "the Turkish side only mentions 'sovereign equality' instead of a two-state solution," are entirely the product of the Greek Cypriot leadership's imagination.

It highlighted that reaffirming the Turkish Cypriot side's sovereign equality and equal international status is a prerequisite for official negotiations.

"The UN Secretary-General has not provided an official meeting proposal, so the claims that Turkish Cypriots rejected the UN's unofficial tripartite or five-party conference proposal suggested by the UN while the Greek Cypriot accepted it, are baseless," it noted.

*Writing by Gizem Nisa Cebi from Istanbul