Viewpoint wrote:miltiades wrote:And you are convinced that a solution without including Turkey as a guarantor would stop Turkey from intervening !!!
We think she may be reluctant to do so in view of her record on .....human rights !!!
Turkey could guarantee the north state only because if things should erupt between the 2 communities the TCs now have definate borders to which they can withdraw, this can be the agreement until a time when of if Turkey enters the EU.
VP,
North, South states, it does not matter, as long as both states are under the rule of one country of Cyprus, which will be in the EU. If all the states are in the EU, then Turkey will be "trespassing" on EU soil, therefore it will not be allowed. As you have said many times, that the reason as to why Turkey does not want to leave Cyprus now, is because she won't be able to get back in. She won't even be allowed to keep her 650 troops on the island per 1960 Constitution, because that constitution will be amended as soon as BBF is agreed on. It will be like California asking protection from Canada going behind the USA Federal Government. It cannot be done. Now, if you are talking about a independent partitioned state in the north, then the north will no longer be in the EU, ever, along with Turkey, therefore Turkey being in the north state or acting as a guarantor will no longer be an issue. In all honesty, you have a much better chance of being just a north state in Cyprus under one country than you will ever have being an independent north state as a seperate country.....and one more thing. North and South states under BBF government will not have BORDERS but mere imaginary STATE lines.