The US will act as guarantor of this settlement. A multi-national force involving US soldiers will be set up. All the defence treaties signed by the two sides will be annulled. The island will be cleared of all heavy weaponry. The reports further adds that Ankara has reservations about the US plan, certain elements of which have been leaked to the press.
Turkey expressly objects to the guarantee agreement being diluted.
The establishment of a multi-national peace force and the proposed reduction in the number Turkish soldiers on the island are also projects that Ankara is unwilling to accept. Turkey also objects to the establishment of a federation with two sides and two communities. It has been reported that the idea of political equality pleases the Turkish government but that Ankara prefers confederation to federation. I will not participate in such a meeting. We are under pressure and we have been threatened.