‘Government never questioned political equality of T Cypriots’

8-11-2018 Cyprus Mail CyprusMail Cool

‘Government never questioned political equality...

The government has never questioned the notion of political equality of Turkish Cypriots, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, said on Thursday.

Reactions to President Nicos Anastasiades’ proposal on decentralisation of powers in a future federal state were due to misinterpretation, the minister said.

Christodoulides, who is currently in the US for contacts , told state broadcaster CyBC on Thursday that it is believed that the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy Jane Holl Lute might return to the island so that work can begin to set the terms of reference for the...

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