The Office of the President slammed the Greek Cypriot leadership for its latest attempts to engage in a blame game on the Cyprus Issue.

In a written statement issued on Wednesday, the President’s Office said that the latest attempts of the Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades and his spokesman to engage in a new blame game through the media revealed the true mentality of the Greek Cypriot side.

“As it will be recalled, President Ersin Tatar had met separately with the Greek Cypriot leader and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Brussels on the same day on June 25, 2021. During his meeting with the Secretary-General, President Tatar explained in detail the Turkish Cypriot side’s proposal for a two-state solution based on sovereign equality,” the statement read.

It added that the Secretary-General had shared his idea of bringing the two leaders together for an informal dinner in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September.

“President Ersin Tatar on numerous occasions said he would be ready to attend an unofficial meeting with the UN Secretary-General and the Greek Cypriot leader, most recently on August 22,” the statement said.

It added that the President’s Special Representative Ergün Olgun in a telephone conversation with the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy on August 20 had expressed his readiness to meet with the Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyannis to discuss the logistical details of such a meeting.

In relation to the UN special envoy’s visit to the island, the Office of the President said that Lute had informed Olgun that she did not plan to visit the island ahead of the UN General Assembly.

“Despite all these facts, the Greek Cypriot leadership has issued statements aimed at accusing the Turkish Cypriot side with the aim of restoring its image in the eyes of the international community. These attempts are seen as efforts to conceal the fact that Anastasiades had lost all credibility both domestically and abroad,” the statement concluded.