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Statement by President Talat

Statement by President Talat Following his Meeting with Political Party Leaders

Following is the common ground reached after the evaluation meeting we had today with the political parties represented in the National Assembly.

With the decision it has issued on 28 April 2009, the Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ) has made a serious mistake by deeming the Orams case as a private civil case between two individuals and ignoring the fact that there are two different laws in force in two sides of Cyprus. It is not possible to accept this decision which ignores the extraordinary circumstances in Cyprus.

This decision of the ECJ has also had serious negative effects over the ongoing negotiation process in Cyprus. Provided that the British Court of Appeal, which will be the last to conclude the legal process regarding the Orams Case that has not been completed yet, produces a decision ignoring the facts in Cyprus just as the ECJ did, the negotiation process will be damaged in an irreparable manner.

We would like to stress once again that, initiatives to separate the property issue in Cyprus from the comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem and to solve it through individual cases filed at courts, not only damage the relations between the two sides but have negative effects over the negotiation table as well.

International public opinion, the UN, the EU and the Greek Cypriot side should acknowledge that, any method produced for the settlement of the property issue in Cyprus which takes only the individual preferences into consideration or weakens the principle of bi-zonality will never be accepted by the Turkish Cypriot side under any circumstances.

The Turkish Cypriot people and the EU member state citizens, who own an immovable property in the TRNC, should also acknowledge that the Presidency and all the political parties represented in the National Assembly of the TRNC will closely follow the issue and will not refrain from acting in solidarity to adopt all kinds of measures for the protection of the well-being and rights of our people.

Presidential Press Office