WNAM MONITORING: President Ersin Tatar received Alexander Downer, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia and former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus.
During the meeting, President Tatar pointed out that Alexander Downer, as a former Australian Foreign Minister and as a person who who served as a Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus for six years, closely followed the process and developments in Cyprus and emphasised that Alexander Downer’s views on the future are important.
President Tatar also stated that the new and official negotiations will begin if our sovereign equality and equal international status are confirmed.
The President noted that the solution on a federal basis, which has been negotiated for years, has not been achieved and that the negotiations on the federal basis collapsed, therefore the negotiations for federation will not be resumed.
