Kikapu wrote:Pyro, Turkey cannot afford to allow any recognition to the "TRNC". It is a very simple case of Arithmetic's. The need of 125,000 Turkish Cypriots to the need of 70 Million Turks when faced with the choice, regarding her EU bid.
I would not be surprised if Turkey sends messages ahead of Talat's visits to countries for recognition, telling them to ignore Talat.
The case of recognition is a dead one! No country in the world will take a step visa vie the affairs and status quo of an EU member state, before and without the EU doing so first! No country is so stupid to poke its nose into something from which not only it has no direct interest, but in addition it will bring additional problems onto its "head" by coming into confrontation and conflict with the EU! Just look at Azerbaijan and Bangladesh! If it was so easy and simple, these two countries would have taken the step, long ago! Regardless of this, recognition by mere 2-3 third world countries does not constitute the establishment of a recognized and sovereign nation-state entity, as a subject of international law! For this to exist, it requires recognition by the UN and its organs!
Now, the EU or any of its member states cannot change their position on the issue of recognition, without RoC consensus, because both the EU and its member states are bound by the treaty of accession of the 10 new member states, signed in April 2003! This treaty is now part of the EU aqui, and can only altered if all co-signatory parties give their consensus! As it is well know, with the treaty of accession, the EU and its member states accept and recognize the sovereignty of the RoC all over the island, and that Cyprus as a whole is de jure part of the EU under the de jure sovereignty of the RoC!
It is nice to have "dreams" and "ambitions," but unfortunately for some TCs, some things can only exist as a part of mere wishful thinking! Turkey occupies 36% of Cyprus, using the TCs as a proxy; however, the GCs occupy the whole of Cyprus, using the RoC as a proxy! Furthermore, Turkey aspires to become an EU member state, and Cyprus holds a veto right!