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Tassos spills the wrong beans on Bildt
By Leo Leonidou
THE SWEDISH embassy was yesterday put in the awkward position of correcting President Tassos Papadopoulos over comments he made regarding the country’s foreign policy.

Papadopoulos raised eyebrows in diplomatic circles on Sunday by announcing that Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeld told him Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is not following the country’s position regarding the Cyprus problem.

According to the President, Reinfeld made the comment during a phonecall between the two leaders.

Behind the scenes, Stockholm has informed Nicosia that its policy on direct trade is constant and formulated by the Swedish government’s Foreign Ministry. They added that there are no disagreements, labelling Papadopoulos’ comments as “unfortunate”.

Commenting, Swedish Ambassador to Nicosia Ingemar Lindahl yesterday told the Mail that a trip by Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoulli to Stockholm planned for December 18 has since been postponed.

“Sweden has one common foreign policy, decided by the government and executed by the Foreign Minister. Any other interpretation is unfounded,” he said.

The issue is apparently over attempts to establish direct trade with Turkish Cypriots. According to Papadopoulos, Reinfeld told him that it was his Foreign Minister who wants direct trade with the north and not the government of Sweden.

The Cypriot President also said that it was also well-known that former Prime Minister Bildt has always maintained that direct trade would help the Turkish Cypriots economically and would therefore help with the reunification of the island.

However, the Swedish government, along with the governments of several other member states, consider the EU regulation over trade with the north can’t just disappear as it’s a vital issue in bargaining between the EU, Cyprus and Turkey as regards the latter’s EU accession hopes.

Ankara has been trying to link direct trade between the north and the EU with its obligation to open ports and airports to Cypriot vessels.

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Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2007

[observer]

Papadop is living in a different time zone politically, like sometime in the 1960s and 1970s.

It seems that he is also living in the same era of communications. Back then he could lie to the Cypriot people and be believed by them. Cyprus was so small, far away and insignificant that few people away from the island got to hear his lies, and if they did and wanted to correct them, few Cypriots got to hear it.

Now, thanks to the internet, he is being found out over and over again.

[Get Real!]

Put your juicy lips together ready to kiss his butt because Tpap will win by a landslide in February...

[observer]

I fear he might. But it will be GCs kissing his butt not me, and at the same time kissing away any form of unification.

[Get Real!]

I fear he might. But it will be GCs kissing his butt not me, and at the same time kissing away any form of unification.

If "unification" means some sort of undemocratic political arrangement then to hell with it.

[DT.]

Put your juicy lips together ready to kiss his butt because Tpap will win by a landslide in February...

If he does, I'm getting out of here!

[shahmaran]

NOW you are starting to make sense GR!

Way to go homie

[halil]

Put your juicy lips together ready to kiss his butt because Tpap will win by a landslide in February...

İ don't care GR . Who is going to win or lost .............

They all same ................

Turkish Cypriots views are very clear ........ no more repeat ..........

Who ever win ..... they should except our views or not ........ if not we will live like now ...... god Knows ...... How long

[DT.]

Put your juicy lips together ready to kiss his butt because Tpap will win by a landslide in February...

İ don't care GR . Who is going to win or lost .............

They all same ................

Turkish Cypriots views are very clear ........ no more repeat ..........

Who ever win ..... they should except our views or not ........ if not we will live like now ...... god Knows ...... How long

until you stop fearing us and start fearing the settlers Halil...thats how long.

[halil]

Put your juicy lips together ready to kiss his butt because Tpap will win by a landslide in February...

İ don't care GR . Who is going to win or lost .............

They all same ................

Turkish Cypriots views are very clear ........ no more repeat ..........

Who ever win ..... they should except our views or not ........ if not we will live like now ...... god Knows ...... How long

until you stop fearing us and start fearing the settlers Halil...thats how long.

Settlers doesn't care at all DT,
They know what they are doing . We, the Cypriots doesn't know what we are doing . Also every action GC's does moves away the TC's . One day will come and you have to sit on the table with them . When they BANG on the table , the glasses will fly on the air . We might not see it BUT our children will see it . It will be to late . We are squeezed between GC's and Settelers .