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[Expatkiwi]

The following article appeared in NASDAQ (looks like at least a part of Cyprus will respect Kosovo as a sovereign nation...., so sorry RoCy)

Breakaway Turkish Cypriots Hail Kosovo Independence - AFP

NICOSIA (AFP)--The breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus hailed Monday Kosovo's declaration of independence, saying no people should be forced to live under the sovereignty of others.

"I salute the independence of Kosovo," said Mehmet Ali Talat, president of the TRNC, which is recognized only by Turkey, in a statement.

"I ask that those who object to the independence of Kosovo take into consideration that no people can be forced to live under the rule of another people," he said.

The internationally recognized Greek Cypriot government of Cyprus is among several European Union members reluctant to back Kosovo because of their own territorial issues.

Talat said last week that Turkish Cypriots remain committed to U.N. efforts to reunify the island, expected to be revived after presidential elections in the Greek Cypriot south.

Incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos, who led Greek Cypriots in rejecting a U.N. reunification plan in 2004, was eliminated in the first round Sunday.

His two challengers - former foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides and Communist Party leader Demetris Christofias - who will face off in the second round next weekend, have both pledged to renew contacts with the Turkish Cypriots.

Peace talks have been stalled since April 2004, when the Greek Cypriots rejected the reunification plan, which received overwhelming Turkish Cypriot support.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey seized its northern third in response to an Athens-engineered Greek Cypriot coup aimed at union with Greece.


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[Get Real!]

"I salute the independence of Kosovo," said Mehmet Ali Talat, president of the TRNC, which is recognized only by Turkey, in a statement.

"I ask that those who object to the independence of Kosovo take into consideration that no people can be forced to live under the rule of another people," he said.

Says the hypocritical Turkish Cypriot clown, himself a remnant of Turkey’s forceful rule over Cypriots for over 300 years!!!

[Expatkiwi]

"I salute the independence of Kosovo," said Mehmet Ali Talat, president of the TRNC, which is recognized only by Turkey, in a statement.

"I ask that those who object to the independence of Kosovo take into consideration that no people can be forced to live under the rule of another people," he said.

Says the hypocritical Turkish Cypriot clown, himself a remnant of Turkey’s forceful rule over Cypriots for over 300 years!!!

I take it you're not too happy at your hero being booted out of the President's office in yesterday's polls.... tsk-tsk.
By the way, with Taiwan joing in with the recognition of the Kosovo UDI, are you going to share the same disdain for them as Communist China?

[Mills Chapman]

The following article appeared in NASDAQ (looks like at least a part of Cyprus will respect Kosovo as a sovereign nation...., so sorry RoCy)
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Uh, the NASDAQ is a stock market, just like the FTSE or the Nikkei in Japan.

It can be confusing because Dow Jones Company is a media company that also sponsors a couple of stock indices such as the Dow Jones Industrials. The NASDAQ specializes in technology companies primarily.

[BirKibrisli]

Whoever wins the presidency next weekend should invite
Talat to put his money where his mouth is,dissolve the trnc, and return to the Cyprus Republic as per the 1960 agreements...

That should sort out the man from the boys....
And Bigmama from the girls!!!

[Oracle]

I think the RoC will wait for a full solution, not a reversal of fortunes.

The actions of Turkey since the 1960 Agreement have proven, beyond a measure of all doubt, that Turkey should never be allowed again to have any influence over Cyprus ... let alone as guarantor

Full removal of any Turkish influence is what the EU will help obtain for Cyprus in the next few years.

[shahmaran]

Full removal will NEVER be possible.

[tessintrnc]

I think the RoC will wait for a full solution, not a reversal of fortunes.

The actions of Turkey since the 1960 Agreement have proven, beyond a measure of all doubt, that Turkey should never be allowed again to have any influence over Cyprus ... let alone as guarantor

Full removal of any Turkish influence is what the EU will help obtain for Cyprus in the next few years.

'course not, without Turkey there would be no more Turkish Cyp's to live with would there, spoiling your dream of a Greek Island?

[Get Real!]

"I ask that those who object to the independence of Kosovo take into consideration that no people can be forced to live under the rule of another people," he said.

Says the hypocritical Turkish Cypriot clown, himself a remnant of Turkey’s forceful rule over Cypriots for over 300 years!!!

I take it you're not too happy at your hero being booted out of the President's office in yesterday's polls.... tsk-tsk.

Presidential election results do not change the fact I pointed out.

By the way, with Taiwan joing in with the recognition of the Kosovo UDI, are you going to share the same disdain for them as Communist China?

I'm not dragging Taiwan into the CyProb as there is no relevance whatsoever.

[Nikitas]

"Full removal [of Turkish troops] will NEVER be possible." per Shahmaran

Which could be taken to mean that full independence will never be possible and therefore makes monkeys of the Talat statement that no people should be forced to live under the sovereignty of another.