Ali Asker wrote:
> Comprehensive deal or no deal, says Turkish Cypriot leader
>
> [14:06 , 04 Nov 2006]
> BRUSSELS (AFP)
>
>
> PNA- Turkish Cypriots will not agree to any deal on the future of
the
> divided island, and particularly the key town of Varosha, unless it is a
> comprehensive solution, their leader Mehmet Ali Talat said.
>
> Talat, leader of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which
only
> Ankara recognizes, was in town for talks with EU officials following the
EU
> presidency's failure to organize wider talks also involving Turkish and
> Greek Cypriot officials.
>
> Next Wednesday the European Commission will publish an annual
report
> on Turkey which European sources say will highlight several obstacles to
> Ankara's EU membership ambitions, not least its attitude towards Greek
> Cypriots.
>
> If a piecemeal approach is taken to the issue "in the effort of
> lifting the isolation of Turkish Cyprus and paving the way for Turkey's
> European bid, it will not be fair," Talat told reporters after his
meeting
> with Finnish.
>
> "Turkish Cypriots are trying to get their freedom of trade,
freedom of
> travel, of participating in sport and cultural activities, in other
words
> lifting the isolation," he added after his meeting with foreign minister
> Erkki Tuomioja of Finland, which currently holds the EU's rotating
> presidency.
I agree. North Cyprus needs more freedoms.
Especially in regards to human rights
>
> According to Turkish and Greek sources, the Finnish scheme for
> breaking the impasse includes the resumption of trade at the port of
> Famagusta, in Turkish northern Cyprus, and the transfer to United
Nations
> control of the ghost town of Varosha, a suburb of Famagusta, formerly
> inhabited by Greek Cypriots.
Who want to go back but can't since North Cyprus is occupied by the
Turkish army in disrespect of international law and EU law.
>
> Nicosia has so far insisted that Greek Cypriots be allowed to
return
> to Varosha, which was evacuated during the Turkish invasion of 1974,
before
> engaging in any trade with the north of the divided island.
All Greek Cypriots should be able to return before any negotiations can
start and the Turkish settlers and Turkish army has to go out of Cyprus.
>
> The Finnish plan also specifies the lifting of the trade embargo
with
> the statelet of northern Cyprus and the reciprocal opening of Turkey's
ports
> to Cypriot vessels.
Illegal statelet
>
> Turkey is obliged to open its ports and airports to vessels flying
the
> flag of Cyprus, which it does not recognize,
No it does not recognize Cyprus but it recognize Cyprus as a Turkish
colony to which it can send it's settlers.
What's next? Non recognition of Greece, Bulgaria, North Kurdistan?
> under a 2005 protocol extending
> its customs union agreement to new EU countries including the
neighbouring
> island.
Ottomans don't feel being bounded by rules made by Christians.
>
> "Mentioning Varosha in the context of a proposal to open the way
for
> Turkish EU membership negotiations as such is not very acceptable,"
Talat
> said.
Or Armenian genocide to mention just one out of the many the Turks
committed.
>
> He blamed the Greek Cypriot side for the failure of the Finnish
> proposal for wider talks, saying they were not prepared to sit down at
the
> same table.
It was Greece who didn't wanted to participate and Turkey canceled it's
participation.
There are no reasons for Greece to participate.
North Cyprus is under Turkish military occupation since the Turkish army
ethnically cleansed ( murdering a few thousand civilians by the way )
the Greek Cypriots from north Cyprus in 74.
>
> "We were ready to participate regardless the attitude of the Greek
> Cypriot side, who was not very keen to participate because they did not
want
> to accept us as their interlocutor."
The government ( a puppet regime controlled by Ankara ) of North Cyprus
is recognized by Turkey only.
>
> http://www.peyamner.com/
>
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