ولكنه كان قد نحّى مصطلح “الكونفيدرالية” جانبا عندما أتى وقت المحادثات المباشرة ليتحدث عن دولة جديدة في قبرص تقوم على أساس من الشراكة مع بقاء المفهوم العام دون تغيير.
The Confederation would have a single international legal personality but would be sovereign only to the extent that sovereignty was given to it by the founding states. By the time of the direct talks, Mr. Denktash had put the term “confederation” to one side, preferring to speak of a new Partnership State of Cyprus, the overall concept remaining the same.