The recognition of the sovereign equality and the equal status of the Turkish Cypriots is among the most important for Turkey, said today Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saying that they will not waste another 50 years in negotiations with the maximalist positions of the Greek Cypriotswhile the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar he reiterated his vision for a solution based on the cooperation of two states and if the sovereign rights of the Turkish Cypriots stemming from the 1960 agreements are confirmed – as he said – they can start official negotiations, reports the Cyprus News Agency.

The Turkish president and the Turkish Cypriot leader made joint statements in occupied Nicosia shortly before 5 pm and after preceded by two and a half hours of meetings, the first in person and the remaining hour and a half between delegations.

Erdogan said that their priority is the transfer of electricity from Turkey to the pseudo-state, which will solve the problem of electricity supply, and he wished that the construction of approximately 1,190 social housing units in the Deryneia area would soon begin.

Regarding the eastern Mediterranean, he said that they will continue to defend the sovereign and legal rights of the Turkish Cypriots, while in a question about Greek-Turkish affairs and the Aegean, he said that his wish is for the Aegean to turn into a sea of ​​peace.

Erdogan said that it is a tradition for the Turkish president to go on his first trip outside of Turkey after his election, to the pseudo-state and he followed this tradition, while from the occupied territories he will go directly to Azerbaijan where he will also have meetings there, he will spend the night in Baku and tomorrow he will return to Ankara.