Ahmet Savaşan, President of the Health Tourism Council, who evaluated the ongoing Cyprus Conference in the Swiss town of Crans Montana in a television program he participated in, said that although Crans Montana is expressed as the “last chance” and “last period”, the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres reminded that the Cyprus problem has come a long way in the solution process, but that it is very difficult to solve the problem, and that the fact that he did not use expressions such as “last chance” or “last trial” for the Cyprus Conference points to the minarets of the village to be visited.
Mutual respect and trust are fundamental for federation...
Underlining that a federation-based agreement can be realized between equal peoples and political structures that have common interests and goals with each other, need each other and act in a spirit of sincere cooperation to realize their common goals, Savaşan stated that the basic elements of such a constructive spirit are mutual respect and trust.
The Turkish side is much more successful than the Greek side...
Ahmet Savaşan, who also evaluated the historical process, said that the Turkish Cypriot side was much more successful than the Greek Cypriot side in terms of performance.
Turkey is far ahead of Greece...
Also touching upon the attitudes of Turkey and Greece, Savaşan stated that Turkey is far ahead of Greece in terms of contributing to finding a solution to the Cyprus issue. “Considering how big the size of the recent Qatar crisis is for Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu's presence in Switzerland since the beginning of the talks by canceling his entire program is the most concrete indicator of Turkey's sensitivity and intention,” Savaşan said.
The UN's stance contributes to the Greek Cypriot stalling process...
In addition, when looking at the messages of another party, the United Kingdom, Savaşan also mentioned that the United Kingdom seems willing to do its part at the point of solving the problem and said, “The fact that the United Kingdom delegation in Crans Montana has a more constructive attitude than the United Nations delegation in terms of achieving a solution makes it necessary to make a new analysis on the position of the United Nations. Pointing out that UN Secretary-General Guterres“ statement that ”we are moving slowly, there is a lot of work to be done, but we are not impatient“ inevitably contributed to the stalling process of the Greeks, Savaşan said, ”what will determine the course of the negotiations is the attitude of the Greeks to the 5 different package proposals".
The solution depends on the attitude of the Greek-Greek side...
Repeating that the achievement of a federal solution in Crans Montana depends on the attitude to be put forward by the Greek-Greek side, Savaşan said that if the Greek-Greek side continues to sit at the table with an understanding similar to the attitude it has followed so far, it is inevitable that the hopes for a federal solution will hit rock bottom. Savaşan pointed out that as long as the Greek side approaches the issue only to expand its territorial or sovereignty area - and this attitude continues in order not to lose votes in the next elections - it is unlikely to get results from the negotiations.
What needs to be done is to develop our State internally and externally...
While underlining that the Crans Montana summit created a serious opportunity for the formation of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federal state in which sovereignty will originate equally from the two communities, two equal constituent states will exist and they will not be able to dominate each other, the cost analysis of the process, Ahmet Savaşan emphasized the importance of carefully analyzing the available data and possible outcomes and said, “If the process is blocked again with the familiar attitude of the Greek Cypriot side, what we need to do from now on is to focus all our energy on developing our State internally and externally and to increase the welfare of the people of the country.”.
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