The particular News Agency I work for has confirmed that the meeting will definitely go ahead regardless of countless GC threats. Why? Because the CYPRUS POSITION has shifted due to the GC reject of the Annan Plan, and possible rejection of the plan currently being discussed!!!
Well, despite the tiresome and relentless argument portrayed by these GCs\American Greeks of their interpretation of the Cyprus problem, perhaps they should realise that many International Politicians and personalities are now very familiar with the Cyprus problem, have extensive in-depth knowledge from all angles of the Cyprus issue, and know the extent of the Greek position. They also realise that, although Turkey may be accused of "occupying" Cypriot land in Northern Cyprus, this was obviously not out of choice, but out of necessity and by the call of the Turkish Cypriots. They know that Christofias has no choice but to sit around a table with his "Turkish Cypriot Counterpart", they know that they have also made some very inherited mistakes on the Cyprus question, and know that the removal of the ISOLATION of NORTHRN CYPRUS is not a matter of, or should be in part of, an overall Cyprus solution, but is a humanitarian and MORAL right to all people living in Northern Cyprus regardless of whether you are a Turkish Cypriot, Greek Cypriot or visitor.
The era of Greek threats have warn the soles of their tonges, where the world now wants a resolution to the Cyprus problem and not stalemate, period! This is a reality the Greek Cypriots seriously need to wake up to; otherwise their negative attitude will permanently partition Cyprus.
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NEWS Extract taken from Hurriyet NEWS This morning:
US Greeks disturbed by Talat-Clinton meet
by Ümit Enginsoy
WASHINGTON - Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat is expected to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington March 30 as U.S. Greek groups seek to prevent the visit from taking place.
Talat is expected to arrive in Washington on March 29 and have talks with Clinton the next day, diplomatic sources told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review. The invitation for the visit has come from the U.S. State Department, they said. Deeply annoyed, 11 leaders of the National Coordinated Effort of Hellenes, or CEH, sent a letter to President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden "to reverse the decision," according to U.S. Greek paper Greek News.
They urged Obama and Biden "to intervene" before the visit causes the United States "problems that will take years to correct."
"Pursuing anything that suggests de facto recognition of the occupation regime would not only be contrary to countless U.N. Security Council resolutions, but it would perhaps force the Republic of Cyprus to reconsider its stance with regard to Turkey and the European Union," the U.S. Greek leaders said.
"Please overturn these misguided actions by people in your administration," they said.
Talat met with former secretary of state Colin Powell in Washington in 2004 in the wake of a failed U.N.-backed reunification referendum in Cyprus. In the April 2004 referendum, most Turkish Cypriots voted for reunification under a U.N. plan, while a vast majority of Greek Cypriots rejected the plan.
If it takes place, the Talat-Clinton meeting will come about a week before Obama's planned visit to Turkey.
During a visit to Ankara earlier this month, Clinton called for the lifting of an international economic embargo on Turkish Cypriots.
Biden, in his years as a prominent senator before becoming vice president, had supported the Greek position in numerous cases.
