Cyprus Government Spokesman Daily Briefing, 03-12-15

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Daily briefing of the Press by the Government Spokesman - Opening Statement

December 15, 2003

At the beginning of today's briefing of the Press, the Government Spokesman Mr Kypros Chrysostomides stated the following:

«The Cyprus Government expresses its satisfaction because the result of the voting in the occupied area, which in any case is an internationally illegal and secessionist act, is a disapproval of the up to now Turkish side´ s and particularly Mr. Denktash´s policy on the Cyprus issue.

The fact remains that Turkey determines the policy on Cyprus and the result of the voting gives the message to Turkey to alter its up to now policy on the form of solution it pursues concerning the Cyprus problem and to lift the obstacles for the reunification of Cyprus.

We hope that the result of the voting and the procedures that will follow will create the conditions that will soon allow the resumption of the talks about the Cyprus problem on the basis of the Annan plan, which can lead to a solution in time so that when Cyprus accedes in the EU on the 1st of May 2004 should do so united.

It has been proven once more that the participation to the voting of settlers and others from Turkey, who are the majority, makes the expression of the Turkish Cypriot´s true will impossible.

We express our appreciation towards those Turkish Cypriot parties and our Turkish Cypriot compatriots, who have worked hard, systematically and under difficult conditions, in a hostile and oppressive environment, in order to create the conditions for a better tomorrow for the Turkish Cypriot community and the Cypriot people as a whole.

We have repeatedly expressed out political will for immediate resumption of the talks on the basis of the Annan plan for the solution of the Cyprus problem. This was and remains our position and it is not altered by the result of the voting.»

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