Based on this information, write a new short title in English: Presidency made a statement regarding the proposal of Greek Cypriot Leader Christodoulides to have dinner with UN Deputy Secretary General Jenca.

Presidency made a statement regarding the proposal of Greek Cypriot Leader Nikos Christodoulidis to have dinner with UN Deputy Secretary General Miroslav Jenca.

The presidential statement is as follows:

“In order to prove that the hegemonic mentality has changed, the Greek Cypriot Side must accept and confirm the inherent equal rights and status of the Turkish Cypriot Side with all its requirements.

As it is known, the mentality of the Greek Cypriot side to dominate the entire island and the fact that the Turkish Cypriot side does not respect their inherent equal rights and status, are the root causes of the Cyprus problem.

This is the reason why a solution based on equality could not be reached in the negotiation process of more than fifty years. As a matter of fact, all of our Presidents, from our Founding President Rauf Denktaş to our current President Ersin Tatar, underlined that unless the current hegemonic mentality on the Greek side changes, there will be no results in the negotiations. In order to prove that this hegemonic mentality has changed, the Greek Cypriot side The Turkish side must accept and confirm its inherent equal rights and status with all its requirements.

In order to achieve a successful result based on the inherent equality of the parties in a possible new process, the Turkish Cypriot side wants to see a mentality change on the Greek side this time. For this purpose, at the 5 + UN informal Cyprus meeting held in Geneva in April 2021, the Turkish Cypriot side stated that official negotiations could be started with the Greek Cypriot side in order to establish a new cooperation relationship upon the confirmation of its sovereign equality and equal international status, which are the requirements of equality.

Unfortunately, the hegemonic mentality of the Greek Cypriot side has been hardened, rather than respect for our inherent equal rights. As a matter of fact, the Greek Cypriot Administration of Cyprus rejected the Turkish Cypriot side’s successive offers of assistance to extinguish the forest fire that broke out in the Limassol Region last week.

As you know, when it comes to our forests, the Turkish Cypriot side asked for and received help from the Greek Cypriot side in case of need. In the last big forest fire, while the Greek Cypriot side asked for help from all neighboring countries, our rejection of our offer of help was seen as contempt/humiliation and rejection of cooperation. This behavior is the crisis of both sides. It also questions the meaning of the Crisis Management Technical Committee, which it has established to ensure cooperation in situations.

In these conditions, where the hegemonic mentality of the Greek Cypriot side has become more rigid, the President of the Tatar Greek Leader’s offer to bring the two Leaders together for a lunch or dinner on the occasion of the visit of the UN Deputy Secretary General Miroslav Jenca to the island on 28-29 August 2023, finds it malicious. under these circumstances, sees no reason to come together with the Greek Cypriot leader.

The Turkish Cypriot Party, and even as seen in the past, the Greek Cypriot Party’s invitation to look cute to third parties in order to maintain the current status quo, ‘What more can I do, Mr.

He evaluates what he did in order to say ‘I invite Tatar, but he is not coming’.

TAK/BRT