Tatar calls for ‘objective’ UN report

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has called on the UN to present an unbiased and fair report on Cyprus, noting that direct recognition of the north was not a prerequisite, but direct trade was.

In statements on returning to the north on Tuesday after meeting UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin the day before in London, Tatar said he asked her to prepare “an unbiased and fair report” to the UN chief.

Although he said direct recognition of the ‘TRNC’ was not a prerequisite, he did insist on direct trade...