“Our position on the conditions under which negotiations will resume is clear,” Tatar said. “Negotiations cannot begin until our sovereign equality and our equal international status are recognized.”
Tatar argued that “the Greek Cypriots’ intentions are to create impressions and try to put the Turkish Cypriot side under pressure. We will not participate in these games,” he said.
“Christodoulides should stop chasing illusory dreams and take into account the reality on the island,” Tatar said.
Christodoulides late Saturday said he had accepted the U.N. invitation for the Aug. 13 meeting, which he said had come about thanks to our “persistent efforts” toward both the U.N. and the EU.
Tatar’s rejection of the invitation “is a sign of disdain, first of all, for our Turkish Cypriot compatriots, but at the same time for the international community, the U.N. secretary-general himself, and the EU,” Christodoulides told reporters on Sunday.
“The one who seems to be weak with his positions, the positions he is putting forward, is Tatar, who seems to be afraid even to discuss,” he added.
