LEFKOSA - Turkish prime minister said on Saturday that the Cyprus issue would be solved under the roof of the United Nations (UN) and within the framework of the UN Secretary General`s good will mission.
President Mehmet Ali Talat of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a joint press conference following their meeting in Lefkosa on Saturday.
"The solution will be developed within the framework of a new partnership relation to be formed between two founder states and two equal nations based on the realities in the island," Erdogan said during the press conference.
Erdogan said that the Turkish government had been displaying remarkable efforts in order to find a fair and lasting solution to the Cyprus issue.
Expressing Turkey`s appreciation regarding the process recently initiated in Cyprus with the meeting of Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders on March 21st, Erdogan said, "During their upcoming meeting, we are expecting the two leaders to agree on the date to start comprehensive talks".
Erdogan said that Turkey`s economic support to TRNC and the country`s efforts for the lifting of isolations on the Turkish Cypriot people would continue in a determined way.
"Turkey will continue to be with TRNC and to support this country just like it has been doing for years. Nobody should expect Turkey to quit this path, no matter which government is on duty in the country. All the world should understand that," he also said.
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