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[cannedmoose]

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international& ... 5&hn=17166

Has anyone seen the full text of Theodorou's speech, or know where he delivered it? Or is this just a twisting of his words. If it's not, it's pretty strong stuff. It would be interesting to find out either way.

[Saint Jimmy]

Ummm... yeah, we do have our own share of people who don't think before they speak, but it's not that bad...
I would be expecting a press release or something that says he was mis-quoted...

[Piratis]

If the government made a press release for every attempt of Turkish propaganda they wouldn't have time to do anything else.

[erolz]

If the government made a press release for every attempt of Turkish propaganda they wouldn't have time to do anything else.

Either he made the comments attibuted to him or not. Do you _know_ he did not make these comments or just assume that he did not?

[Saint Jimmy]

If the government made a press release for every attempt of Turkish propaganda they wouldn't have time to do anything else.

Either he made the comments attibuted to him or not. Do you _know_ he did not make these comments or just assume that he did not?

Well, he most probably didn't. But you're right, we don't know that for a fact.
What is interesting, though, is that the article claims to have drawn the info from GC newspaper Alithia. If the guy had made such comments, they'd have made huuuuuge headlines on Politis, for sure...
Instead, neither Politis, nor Phileleftheros even mention any statements by Mr. Theodorou, at all.

[insan]

It seems source of this report is:

http://www.einnews.com/cyprus/newsfeed-CyprusUN

But you need to subscribe.

[Alexandros Lordos]

My experience of the current government is that each minister has his own views concerning the Cyprus Problem. I have been following the public speeches and expressed opinions of various ministers, and I have come to the conclusion that their opinions sharply diverge. This should not surprise us, since the government is a coalition of five political parties.

Basically, the people in the government fall into three different schools of thought:

- Those who think that we should aim for minimal improvements to the Annan Plan, and get to a new referendum ASAP. This is where people like Christou, the Interior Minister come from, and perhaps even Iacovou, the foreign minister, though I am not too sure about him. In terms of party affiliation, we are mostly talking here about one wing of AKEL, and also various assorted individuals.

- Those who think that we needn't bother negotiating for a solution any more, because the European Union will automatically solve it through the application of the acquis and the European constitution. In this group are people like Theodorou, the "hard liners" of DIKO (Angelides and co.), and also most of EDEK (of which party Theodorou is a member).

- Those who think that we should not diverge from the Bizonal-Bicommunal Federation model, but that we should aim for extensive changes to the Annan Plan in order to render it viable. In this group are the moderates of DIKO (Kleanthous and co.), the majority of AKEL, including Christofias, and most notably Tassos himself. In fact, Tassos regularly ridicules not just the "minimal improvements" approach, but also the "European Solution" approach as expressed by people like Theodorou.

It should be clear from the above analysis, that the "mainstream" group is the third one - the other two are "fringe groups", for lack of a better term.

[pantelis]

It seems to me that the GC side is beginning to play the "game" of the Turkish diplomacy:
Shoot lots of "blanks" with the "real bullets" and wait to see if anything “good” drops.

Talats says one thing, Erdoyan & Gul say another, Ozcock (or some other general) says something else, then you have Eroglu and the Denktash duo say their own monologues, so nobody knows who’s "coming" and who’s "going".
Whatever happens… happens..............

[pantelis]

In the mean-time...........

http://www.cyprus-invest.com/houses.asp

[insan]

It seems to me that the GC side is beginning to play the "game" of the Turkish diplomacy:
Shoot lots of "blanks" with the "real bullets" and wait to see if anything “good” drops.

Talats says one thing, Erdoyan & Gul say another, Ozcock (or some other general) says something else, then you have Eroglu and the Denktash duo say their own monologues, so nobody knows who’s "coming" and who’s "going".
Whatever happens… happens..............

Pantelis,

It seems to me you feel yourself necessary to equate everything the Hellenic side has done with what the Turkish side has done. Is there a specific reason of this behaviour?