The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the latest statements of the Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides.

In a written statement, the Ministry said “Christodulides’ suggestion of the ‘active participation’ of the European Union to start the negotiations from where they left off is a re-manifestation of the Greek Cypriot policy that has been before us for decades.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the statements made by the leader of the Greek Cypriot Administration Nikos Christodoulides recently.

A written statement issued by the Ministry stated that Christodoulides’ statements which are detached from the facts in recent days were an indication that he is only after an image.

Pointing out that it was not realistic to expect a different understanding from the new Greek Cypriot leader, who is one of the main architects of the inconclusiveness of the last attempt aimed at an agreement on the basis of a federation, which ended in Crans-Montana, the statement said “the proposal of the Greek Cypriot leader Christodoulides for the ‘active participation’ of the European Union to start the negotiations from where they left off, is a manifestation of the Greek policy that has been standing before us for decades.”

The statement also noted that the pro-Greek Cypriot stance of the European Union in Cyprus blocked the way to an acceptable agreement on the Cyprus issue and served to perpetuate the status quo.

The statement also added that the responsibility of the European Union, which accepted the Greek side as a member in violation of the 1960 agreements and the European Union membership criteria was not forgotten.

“We would like to express that we cannot accept the involvement of the European Union, which continues to maintain this understanding on the Cyprus issue. The time has come for us to review our relations with the European Union, which has an understanding far from showing the treatment that the Turkish Cypriot people deserve and uses its so-called financial aid against us as an instrument, and strive to bring it to a respectable level” the Foreign Ministry statement noted.

“We hope that first the Greek Cypriot Administration and Greece and all parties that support their maximalist policies will see that a federation is a solution model of the past, devoid of today’s facts and new ideas and the adoption of an agreement envisaging the cooperation of the two states is the only correct option” the statement added.