Well, Pakistan has always supported Turkey and us at all levels. I addressed the Security Council in 1983 after founding the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. At that time, Pakistan was among the non-permanent members of the Council. After my address, the Pakistani representative spoke, and I remember that he was more elaborate, more courageous and determined to defend our case. And we came out of the Security Council hand in hand.
Pakistani people know the value of freedom very well.
We, the Turkish Cypriots, have won this freedom under very difficult conditions. Now for years we have been living free of any fear in our own republic, which is completing its fifteen years of independence this coming Sunday. Our republic has all the necessary elements of a nation-state, and this Republic will be the cornerstone in any future settlement of the Cyprus dispute.