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[halil]

President Mehmet Ali Talat will be leaving for Brussels on Wednesday to attend a conference in the European Parliament.
The conference, titled “the Other Side of the Coin: Giving Turkish Cypriots a Voice” was organized by the Liberal Democrat Group – the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament with contributions from the Chamber of Commerce with the aim of creating an opportunity for the Turkish Cypriot People to explain their views.
The conference, “the Other Side of the Coin: Giving Turkish Cypriots a Voice” will be held in the European Parliament on Wednesday.

It will be hosted by the European MP Karin Resetarits – a member of the Parliament’s High Level Contact Group for Relations with the Turkish Cypriot Community.

President Mehmet Ali Talat who will be leaving the Republic for Brussels on Wednesday – will deliver a speech to the conference which will also be attended by a TRNC delegation led by the Chamber of Commerce.

The conference will start with an opening speech by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group Graham Watson.

Among those to address the conference is the President of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce Erdil Nami, the Turkish Cypriot MP Özdil Nami – who represents the Turkish Cypriot People at the Council of Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean University Rector Halil Güven, Turkish Cypriot Human Rights Foundation Chairperson Emine Erk, the Deputy-Director General for the European Commission's Enlargement Directorate-General Jan Truszczynski, archeologist Uwe Müller from EMU and the Head of the Planning Department Layık Mesutoğlu.

[miltiades]

All very well and done , but do you think Halil that Brussels will receive Mr Talat as the President of The "TRNC"which it , EU , considers as an integral part of Cyprus under occupation by Turkey. Officially Mr Talat will not be addressed as Mr.President , but will be received as the leader of the T/C community.
The EU consideration as regards the "TRNC" is on par with all International bodies and will never accord Mr Talat the accolade reserved for government leaders of whose government is a recognised legal entity . Such is not the case here , surely you can accept this.

When Mr Talat leaves Cyprus for Brusels , he will be departing from a part of Cyprus that the entire world considers to be under foreign occupation and not as the stated "Republic".
The partitionists will not win , try as hard as you can , recognition will never come , Europe and the UN will simply not accept a solution based on the expulsion of 200 thousand Cypriots from their ancestral homes and the ensuing disposal of their homes and properties .We do not wish to see our compatriots the T/Cs suffer as a result of their isolation. We believe that the legally recognised government of Cyprus has a duty to ensure that all its citizens are entitled to all benefits , and they are in the part where the government controls.