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EU snubs Turkey over Cyprus occupation
October 29, 2008
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Swedish Christian Democrat MP, former MEP, Lennart Sacredeus, believes that the European Union cannot accept as a member state a country which illegally occupies part of another sovereign country, an EU member state.

Sacredeis expressed this position during a meeting he had with House President Marios Garoyian, reiterating his intention to continue briefing the Swedish Parliament and the Swedish people with regard to the Cyprus problem and the ongoing breach of human rights on the island.

Turkey, a candidate country for EU membership, continues to occupy Cyprus’ northern part since its troops invaded in 1974.

An official press release issued here today said that Garoyian briefed the Swedish MP on current developments in the Cyprus question and reaffirmed the will of the Greek Cypriot side to achieve an agreed bizonal, bicommunal federation, on the basis of international law, relevant EU resolutions, the High Level Agreements of 1977 and 1979 and EU principles and values.

Garoyian expressed his concern for the fact that Turkey, so far, has not shown the necessary will for a settlement in Cyprus, noting that “the key of the solution lies in Ankara, on which unfortunately the Turkish Cypriot community depends.”

Sacredeus expressed the belief that the EU cannot accept as one of its members a country which illegally occupies part of another sovereign country, member of the EU and wished that the current process of negotiations bears fruit soon and leads to the settlement of the problem, on the basis of international law and respect of human rights.

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat are engaged in direct talks with a view to finding a negotiated settlement that will reunite the country, divided since the 1974 Turkish invasion.

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My question to the EU is. What are you going to do about it. Are going to impose economic sanctions on Turkey for violating human rights or are you going to reward turkey by having econmoic relations with the babrbarian regime?

[Get Real!]

Why did you include the advertisement you slack bastard?

[humanist]

well I gotta give ya somethin to winge about

[Get Real!]

well I gotta give ya somethin to winge about

Fair enough.... you slack bastard!

[Viewpoint]

YES the question is what is the EU gonna do about, nothing by the looks of things.

[turkkan]

Lol, since when is one random European parliament member the 'EU' ? Humanist are you naive or retarded?

Anyhow, for turkey and the EU's relationship

EBRD to aid Turkey, plans $600 mln investments

By Peter Apps
LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to provide Turkey with $600 million of investment by the end of 2010, it said on Tuesday after its board accepted the country as a recipient.

The bank said investments would focus outside the main metropolitan areas, aiming on further developing Turkey's private sector and targeting small and medium-sized companies under particular pressure from global and local market turmoil.

"A dynamic market economy in Turkey will benefit not only the people of Turkey but also help strengthen other economies in the EBRD region given the country's economic importance," EBRD President Thomas Mirow said in a statement. "Such a move to help secure a sustainable economic future for the countries in our region is all the more important now at this time of global economic uncertainty."

The EBRD was set up in 1991 to help former Soviet-dominated economies in Central and Eastern Europe to develop market economies.

Eight Eastern European EU members either had stopped or were due to stop receiving EBRD funds by 2010, but the region is seen as one of the most exposed to the global financial crisis with several countries again turning to multilateral lenders such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Turkey was a founding shareholder of the EBRD and applied to become a recipient of investment in April.

Like most other emerging market countries, Turkey has been pounded by capital flight in recent weeks that has slashed the value of its currency by a third in three weeks and halved the value of the stock market this year -- although analysts say its banking sector is less exposed than most in Eastern Europe.
Turkey's central bank governor Durmus Yilmaz said on Monday he would welcome some form of new arrangement with the IMF after its previous standby loan deal expired in May.

IMF officials are currently in Ankara for talks, with analysts saying they see a possible announcement as early as next week.

The EBRD itself -- owned by around 60 mostly Western governments and with investment across the region -- has also suffered from recent turmoil, with president Mirow telling the Financial Times this week it might suffer its first financial loss since the Russian crisis of 1998.
(Editing by Stephen Nisbet)


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Lol, since when is one random European parliament member the 'EU' ? Humanist are you naive or retarded?

Anyhow, for turkey and the EU's relationship

EBRD to aid Turkey, plans $600 mln investments

By Peter Apps
LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to provide Turkey with $600 million of investment by the end of 2010, it said on Tuesday after its board accepted the country as a recipient.

The bank said investments would focus outside the main metropolitan areas, aiming on further developing Turkey's private sector and targeting small and medium-sized companies under particular pressure from global and local market turmoil.

"A dynamic market economy in Turkey will benefit not only the people of Turkey but also help strengthen other economies in the EBRD region given the country's economic importance," EBRD President Thomas Mirow said in a statement. "Such a move to help secure a sustainable economic future for the countries in our region is all the more important now at this time of global economic uncertainty."

The EBRD was set up in 1991 to help former Soviet-dominated economies in Central and Eastern Europe to develop market economies.

Eight Eastern European EU members either had stopped or were due to stop receiving EBRD funds by 2010, but the region is seen as one of the most exposed to the global financial crisis with several countries again turning to multilateral lenders such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Turkey was a founding shareholder of the EBRD and applied to become a recipient of investment in April.

Like most other emerging market countries, Turkey has been pounded by capital flight in recent weeks that has slashed the value of its currency by a third in three weeks and halved the value of the stock market this year -- although analysts say its banking sector is less exposed than most in Eastern Europe.
Turkey's central bank governor Durmus Yilmaz said on Monday he would welcome some form of new arrangement with the IMF after its previous standby loan deal expired in May.

IMF officials are currently in Ankara for talks, with analysts saying they see a possible announcement as early as next week.

The EBRD itself -- owned by around 60 mostly Western governments and with investment across the region -- has also suffered from recent turmoil, with president Mirow telling the Financial Times this week it might suffer its first financial loss since the Russian crisis of 1998.
(Editing by Stephen Nisbet)


http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7941147

The EBRD is not an EU institution.

[humanist]

To Turkan either way am not a Turk who violate human rights of anyone, so that might make a me a naive humanist a lebel i much rather wear anyday over a racist turk.

http://www.famagusta-gazette.com/defaul ... te&he=.com

Turkey violates human rights in Cyprus
Famagusta Gazette 31.OCT.08
Turkey has violated human rights in Cyprus for the past 34 years, Ambassador Minas Hadjimichael, the country’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said on Wednesday.

The Cypriot people have collectively been denied the basic right to peaceful existence as a result of the use of military force against Cyprus in 1974, by Turkey, contrary to all rules of international legal order, and the subsequent occupation of a substantial part of its territory, Hadjimichael said in his address to the Third Committee at the 63rd Session of the General Assembly.

He also stressed that approximately 43,000 Turkish troops maintain this occupation today and with it the human rights abuses it entails.

“The Turkish invasion resulted in mass violations of human rights, including the denial of the right to property; massive colonisation through the unlawful implantation of 160,000 mainland Turkish settlers; the destruction of cultural and religious heritage; usurpation and unlawful exploitation of property belonging to the nearly 200,000 Greek Cypriot refugees; suffering of a great number of families whose relatives are missing and whose fate is still unknown, and forcible division, along ethnic lines,” he said.

He added that these and other massive violations of human rights of Cypriots have been repeatedly condemned by resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and by the European Court of Human Rights. - (KYPE)

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http://www.homeboy.gr/?p=3496

President Christofias hopeful at solving the Cyprus problem
Nov 3rd, 2008 | By grhomeboy | Category: Cyprus Occupied

The new round of talks aimed at solving the Cyprus problem “are difficult negotiations but I believe that the gap can be bridged” Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias said during a recent meeting with the press.

“The process must continue as it started, without arbitration or deadlines” Christofias said. He added there was no sense in rushing talks with the Turkish Cypriots “merely to end up in a deadlock and completely alienated from each other”.

He said that Nicosia was firm in its calls for a bizonal, bicommunal federation and added that recent insistence from Turkish President Abdullah Gul for a confederation of two independent states was worrying Nicosia. Questioned about the progress of his talks with Turkish Cypriot community leader Mehmet Ali Talat behind closed doors, Christofias said, “I have asked him to clarify his position as to what it is we are aiming for”.

Regarding the role of United Nations envoy Alexander Downer, Christofias said it was “neither that of a mediator nor of an arbiter”. “His role is to create the necessary circumstances for the leaders of the two communities to find a solution”.

As for the role of the European Union, Christofias said it was secondary to that of the UN in the talks process but that it would be crucial when it comes to forging a common economic policy and conforming to the acquis communautaire. “I would like the EU to intervene at the right moment…to ensure that Turkish Cypriots conform to EU standards and that Turkey realizes it must fulfil its obligations to Cyprus as an EU candidate”.

Christofias also revealed that the process to appoint his successor as leader of Cyprus’ left-wing AKEL party would begin in January.