BirKibrisli wrote:Piratis wrote:I am also talking about solutions Bir, and not mere agreements that will only make our problem worst.
As I said a real solution can not be far from what I described above. There really isn't any alternative to human rights and democracy. The details of the system can be negotiated, but the principles of a true solution can not.
Instead of waisting our time looking for something that does not exist and perpetuate our problem with new problematic agreements, we should simply concentrate our efforts in achieving a real solution.
If and when a solution is achieved is something that only time will show, but the earlier we start working for a solution the better.
Fine,Piratis...The real solution according to you and me is a unitary state based on democratic principles and human rights...
But you and I cannot really affect an agreement between the two communities...Those who can will have nothing less than a BBF based on political equality of the GCs and TCs...How are we going to get from here to our ideal "real" solution???
I disagree with you Bir. You and I
can affect the agreement by refusing to accept some agreement that will not solve the Cyprus problem but make it worst and perpetuate it.
The
first step in solving a problem is to recognize that there is a problem and identify what the problem exactly is.
Take the Kurds for example. Kurdistan is not a recognized entity, and for the international community there is no such problem as the "Turkish occupation of Kurdistan", and the Kurds have no international voice to fight for their rights.
In that respect Cyprus is far ahead of the Kurds in its struggle for freedom. The problem of illegal Turkish occupation of the north part of Cyprus is internationally recognized, and Cyprus has the international voice, and some small power within EU, to fight for justice.
If we accept some new agreement that will try to
close (not solve) the Cyprus problem, then while our problem will remain the same, or even get worst, it will not be recognized as a problem by anybody anymore. Furthermore, by giving to Turkey the 50% power share of Cyprus with veto rights, it will mean that Cypriots will lose their international voice and will not be able to even complain.
I don't have the magic formula that can immediately solve the Cyprus problem under the current balance of power, but I know what we should and shouldn't do in order to avoid getting something
worst and avoid making steps
backwards in our struggle for freedom.