DE SOTO: “OUR STANCE ON CYPRUS WAS EQUAL TO BOTH SIDES”

“We didn’t try to impose our views on the Turkish Cypriots, contrary to what Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus [TRNC] President Rauf Denktas has said,” he stated, adding that he tried to take into consideration both sides’ views. Responding to Denktas’s criticisms that the Turkish side’s views had been ignored when the plan was prepared, de Soto said, “When we first presented a draft plan to the sides, Denktas was reluctant and failed to address the plan in full. Thereafter we finalized it.”