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A ‘SIGNIFICANT’ STATEMENT WITH NO MEANING · penna!

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  SPEAKER_00: Nicosia hailed as significant the joint statement issued by EU officials and Turkey's foreign minister Hakan Fidan, which expressed support for the efforts of the UN Secretary General on the Cyprus issue.
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  SPEAKER_00: CNA sources described as significant the references in the joint statement to backing the UN Secretary General's efforts on the Cyprus problem, as well as to the importance of regional stability.
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  SPEAKER_00: The significant statement was issued last Tuesday by the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos, and Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, together with Turkey's foreign minister, Hakan Fidan.
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  SPEAKER_00: It came after the three European officials' visit to Ankara.
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  SPEAKER_00: The statement is not insignificant.
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  SPEAKER_00: But why the excitement over its supposed importance?
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  SPEAKER_00: As far as the Turkish side is concerned, we heard exactly the same support for the UN Secretary General's efforts barely a fortnight ago.
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  SPEAKER_00: When the Turkish foreign minister met in Ankara with the Secretary General's own envoy, Maria Angela Holgin Kweyar, the very person leading this effort.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hakan Fidan said then that Turkey supports the efforts of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres regarding the Cyprus issue.
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  SPEAKER_00: That was in Ankara, on the 15th of June 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did we get excited because the European Union is now backing the UN Secretary General's efforts alongside Turkey?
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  SPEAKER_00: It would be naive to believe there was even the faintest chance that the EU would not support the United Nations efforts on Cyprus.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have been asking for a more active EU role in the Cyprus issue until we are blue in the face.
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  SPEAKER_00: And our European friends have been repeating, until they are blue in the face, too, that they simply support the United Nations efforts.
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  SPEAKER_00: What was missing from the Cyprus issue, and appears to remain missing, was never Turkey's or Europe's support for the UN Secretary General's initiative.
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  SPEAKER_00: What is missing was laid out by Guterres' personal envoy in her almost dramatic public intervention the other day.
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  SPEAKER_00: After speaking positively about Athens and Ankara, our discussions were frank, clear, and focused on the areas and initiatives on which everyone must work.
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  SPEAKER_00: Holguin turned to the two sides in Cyprus and urged them to come to their senses.
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  SPEAKER_00: The United Nations, she said, is looking for the next steps that will persuade both sides to move towards concrete action for a definitive solution.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then she added, I sincerely hope that Cypriots will seize this historic opportunity to negotiate a lasting solution this time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cypriots, she said, not Turks, not Greeks, not Europeans, Cypriots.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which Cypriots exactly?
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  SPEAKER_00: That is worth thinking about.