23 February 2010 / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) Parliament on Monday rejected a proposal by the Democratic Party (DP) to consider suspending the ongoing negotiations to reunify the divided island due to the forthcoming KKTC general elections in April.
Speaking at the General Assembly, Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader Ferdi Sabit Soyer said the proposal is not in line with reality and stressed that it is the Greek Cypriot political leadership that wants to halt the negotiations. “Instead of pausing the negotiations, it is necessary to decisively move forward in the peace talks and reveal Greek Cyprus’ extortionist understanding to the world,” Soyer noted. Meanwhile, DP leader Serdar Denktaş said President Mehmet Ali Talat must bring the guarantee issue, which the Greek Cyprus Parliament annulled last week, to the table.
