08/28/2010
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE / PHOTO: CY-STOCK.COM
Archbishop was speaking after a meeting with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Vanackere Steven, who had previously met with the head of the delegation for EU talks Leopold Maurer and Chief EU representation Cyprus Androula Kaminara.
Archbishop Chrysostom said he has informed the Belgian official positions of the Church as regards the Cyprus problem, noting that the Turkish side speaks of "two states, two governments and two peoples This is not a federal basis. "
" The Church believes that we can not reach an agreement [that way] and that in order to reach an agreement, we need to appoint independent experts, constitutional experts, sociologists, historians and Turkish experts on issues from European countries that respect human rights, who will work within the principles of the EU and the UN, "he said.
The archbishop said that "they should work in this context to present a federal solution, which will also be functional for viable," adding that "if we do not work in this direction, I am afraid we can not find no solution that our people can adopt. He said he told Vanackere these principles concerning human rights. - (Kype)
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