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[insan]

Fourthly, both New Democracy and PASOK support a solution for Cyprus based on a bizonal, bicommunal federation. Both Papandreou and Karamanlis favor a reunification plan, based on the rejected 2004 Annan Plan.
However, the above make up one side of the coin. On the other side a newly elected Greek government will be tested by Ankara. The test will take the form of another crisis over the Aegean. That happened when Costas Simitis became Prime Minister in 1996 and was repeated eight years later during Costas Karamanlis’ first weeks in government.

Nevertheless, the recent history of Greek-Turkish relations has taught us one thing: neither having friendly personal relations nor being “best man” at your neighbour’s wedding can provide solutions to the decades-long disputes between both countries. What the new Greek government will need to do is to create a brand new diplomatic strategy, based on Greece neighbors’ EU aspirations. That should be the unwavering weapon of Greek diplomacy.

“No solution, no membership” should be the clear message from Athens to Ankara and Skopje. The need for a new “Helsinki Process" with a pressing timetable urging Ankara to fulfil its obligations as a prospective EU member - has become apparent.

For Greece to return to the centre of EU politics it needs to become a country that takes initiatives within Brussels, to strongly cooperate with its counterparts and to take active part in Europe’s effort for the creation of a Common Foreign and Security Policy. The government that will be elected on October 4 will need to make onerous, but necessary decisions.

In a few words, it has to put Greece back on Europe’s diplomatic map.

P.S.
Published in the English Edition of "Neos Kosmos", September 14, 2009.

http://www.phantis.com/cosmos/spip.php?article546

[Nikitas]

Papandreou has given an indication in the past of his response to any "test" by Ankara. He, like his father, will not limit any local conflict, but will put all forces on alert all along the Greek Turkish frontier, as happened with the Piri Reis exploration ship in March 1987.

There is an additional factor these days that differenitates today from the past- the FRONTEX patrols manned by EU pilots patrol the sea froniter daily and record the movement of illegal migrants and Tukish naval and coastguard vessels. They have already photographed Turkish boats escorting boats laden with illegal migrants to Greek waters and have filed reports with the EU Commission.

If New Democracy wins it will be business as usual. Whatever was the "test" in their case it cannot have been too important, no one remembers it, unless you mean it was the Cyprus referendum and Cyprus' entry into the EU, which seems to have gone OK.

[Christine Toskos]

The Annan plan was pro Turkish government. It was not a true peace plan that is why it was not accepted. Turkish troops must leave and we must be allowed to return to our homes. No partition of Cyprus. If you partition Cyprus you must also partition Turkey. Fair is fair.

[Expatkiwi]

The following article appeared in the Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20090927a1.html
Cyprus is back on the international agenda, with leaders of the island's rival Greek and Turkish communities engaged in intense negotiations to resolve the divided country's status. But, although new talks are under way, the international community is, not surprisingly, tired of dealing with the issue.

After all, the Cyprus conflict has dragged on since 1974, wearing out U.N. secretary generals and special representatives of all sorts, as well as bringing down governments in both Greece and Cyprus.

In 2004, the European Union, the United States and a good part of the international community invested considerable energy in trying to resolve the conflict once and for all. Then U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and his team drafted a plan, which Turkey's government took big political risks in supporting. The government convinced the Turkish Cypriots to make a leap of faith and vote in favor of the Annan plan to reunite the island.

Regrettably, the Greek Cypriot leadership at that time actively campaigned against the U.N. plan. Consequently, whereas 65 percent of Turkish Cypriots voted in favor of the plan when it was put to a vote on the island, 76 percent of Greek Cypriots rejected it.

Worse yet, Greek Cyprus joined the EU days after it spurned the will of the international community, while the EU reneged on its promise to end the Turkish community's isolation if it supported Annan's plan. Today, many people might think all of this is water under the bridge. But the fate of the Annan plan remains very much a part of Turkish thinking on the Cyprus issue.

In 2008, the United Nations started a new negotiation process for Cyprus. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given his full blessing to a negotiated settlement, and, as in 2004, Turkey supports the Turkish Cypriots' willingness to find a viable solution to the division of Cyprus under the U.N. umbrella.

It should be clear that the current talks are the last chance for a negotiated settlement on the island. So it is imperative that the trans-Atlantic community recognize that the current talks constitute a historic opportunity.

No one — not the U.S., the EU, Turkey, Greece, or the two Cypriot communities — can afford to waste it. Either the island will reunite under a U.N. plan accepted by both sides or the status quo will need to change by some other means. The isolation of the Turkish Cypriots, who opted in favor of an internationally acceptable solution, cannot be sustained any longer.

The talks between Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat and Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias are now entering a crucial phase. Both leaders need the full support of the trans-Atlantic community.

The U.S. is particularly well situated to contribute to the process in a positive manner, and its engagement at the appropriate level will be needed in the coming months. The U.S.-Turkish partnership, badly strained by the war in Iraq, was reinvigorated by President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey in June. American participation in resolving the Cyprus conflict would ensure that the relationship remains on a sound footing.

Contrary to many previous rounds of Cyprus negotiations, the issue this time is not confined to the island alone but embraces the wider region.

The outcome of the ongoing talks, for example, will impact how Turkey assesses relations with the EU. If the talks fail, the side that behaves in an uncompromising manner will bear full responsibility for dividing the island forever.

Moreover, failure to resolve the Cyprus issue would deadlock already strained security cooperation between NATO and the EU. The recent visit to Ankara by the new NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, highlighted again how urgent a Cyprus settlement really is.

Failure might also have security implications in the Balkans, the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean — all areas where the U.S. and the EU have vital interests.

It is for these reasons that the trans-Atlantic community should invest its time and energy in the ongoing U.N.-sponsored talks. Neither the U.S. nor the EU can afford another failure in Cyprus. There is simply too much at stake.

[YFred]

The following article appeared in the Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20090927a1.html
Cyprus is back on the international agenda, with leaders of the island's rival Greek and Turkish communities engaged in intense negotiations to resolve the divided country's status. But, although new talks are under way, the international community is, not surprisingly, tired of dealing with the issue.

After all, the Cyprus conflict has dragged on since 1974, wearing out U.N. secretary generals and special representatives of all sorts, as well as bringing down governments in both Greece and Cyprus.

In 2004, the European Union, the United States and a good part of the international community invested considerable energy in trying to resolve the conflict once and for all. Then U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and his team drafted a plan, which Turkey's government took big political risks in supporting. The government convinced the Turkish Cypriots to make a leap of faith and vote in favor of the Annan plan to reunite the island.

Regrettably, the Greek Cypriot leadership at that time actively campaigned against the U.N. plan. Consequently, whereas 65 percent of Turkish Cypriots voted in favor of the plan when it was put to a vote on the island, 76 percent of Greek Cypriots rejected it.

Worse yet, Greek Cyprus joined the EU days after it spurned the will of the international community, while the EU reneged on its promise to end the Turkish community's isolation if it supported Annan's plan. Today, many people might think all of this is water under the bridge. But the fate of the Annan plan remains very much a part of Turkish thinking on the Cyprus issue.

In 2008, the United Nations started a new negotiation process for Cyprus. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given his full blessing to a negotiated settlement, and, as in 2004, Turkey supports the Turkish Cypriots' willingness to find a viable solution to the division of Cyprus under the U.N. umbrella.

It should be clear that the current talks are the last chance for a negotiated settlement on the island. So it is imperative that the trans-Atlantic community recognize that the current talks constitute a historic opportunity.

No one — not the U.S., the EU, Turkey, Greece, or the two Cypriot communities — can afford to waste it. Either the island will reunite under a U.N. plan accepted by both sides or the status quo will need to change by some other means. The isolation of the Turkish Cypriots, who opted in favor of an internationally acceptable solution, cannot be sustained any longer.

The talks between Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat and Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias are now entering a crucial phase. Both leaders need the full support of the trans-Atlantic community.

The U.S. is particularly well situated to contribute to the process in a positive manner, and its engagement at the appropriate level will be needed in the coming months. The U.S.-Turkish partnership, badly strained by the war in Iraq, was reinvigorated by President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey in June. American participation in resolving the Cyprus conflict would ensure that the relationship remains on a sound footing.

Contrary to many previous rounds of Cyprus negotiations, the issue this time is not confined to the island alone but embraces the wider region.

The outcome of the ongoing talks, for example, will impact how Turkey assesses relations with the EU. If the talks fail, the side that behaves in an uncompromising manner will bear full responsibility for dividing the island forever.

Moreover, failure to resolve the Cyprus issue would deadlock already strained security cooperation between NATO and the EU. The recent visit to Ankara by the new NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, highlighted again how urgent a Cyprus settlement really is.

Failure might also have security implications in the Balkans, the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean — all areas where the U.S. and the EU have vital interests.

It is for these reasons that the trans-Atlantic community should invest its time and energy in the ongoing U.N.-sponsored talks. Neither the U.S. nor the EU can afford another failure in Cyprus. There is simply too much at stake.

This article is spot on. The only thing that ruins it is your signature. The reason? I realise that the Cyprus problem has been going on very long time but only the last few years has there been a serious attempt to have peace. Where both leaders actually wish to have peace rather then looking for obstacles to block it.

So when compared to a marriage it is the very first time this couple have been to a marriage guidance councillor with the intention of patching up the differences rather then cementing a separation. They deserve a chance to succeed because it is far better to live together than try to survive on our own. Secondly the experience of most divorcees are that they tend to make the same mistake and replace one violent partner with another.
Just a bit of food for thought I thought against the notion of separation for a fine calm and sunny Sunday morning.

[halil]

The following article appeared in the Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20090927a1.html
Cyprus is back on the international agenda, with leaders of the island's rival Greek and Turkish communities engaged in intense negotiations to resolve the divided country's status. But, although new talks are under way, the international community is, not surprisingly, tired of dealing with the issue.

After all, the Cyprus conflict has dragged on since 1974, wearing out U.N. secretary generals and special representatives of all sorts, as well as bringing down governments in both Greece and Cyprus.

In 2004, the European Union, the United States and a good part of the international community invested considerable energy in trying to resolve the conflict once and for all. Then U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and his team drafted a plan, which Turkey's government took big political risks in supporting. The government convinced the Turkish Cypriots to make a leap of faith and vote in favor of the Annan plan to reunite the island.

Regrettably, the Greek Cypriot leadership at that time actively campaigned against the U.N. plan. Consequently, whereas 65 percent of Turkish Cypriots voted in favor of the plan when it was put to a vote on the island, 76 percent of Greek Cypriots rejected it.

Worse yet, Greek Cyprus joined the EU days after it spurned the will of the international community, while the EU reneged on its promise to end the Turkish community's isolation if it supported Annan's plan. Today, many people might think all of this is water under the bridge. But the fate of the Annan plan remains very much a part of Turkish thinking on the Cyprus issue.

In 2008, the United Nations started a new negotiation process for Cyprus. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given his full blessing to a negotiated settlement, and, as in 2004, Turkey supports the Turkish Cypriots' willingness to find a viable solution to the division of Cyprus under the U.N. umbrella.

It should be clear that the current talks are the last chance for a negotiated settlement on the island. So it is imperative that the trans-Atlantic community recognize that the current talks constitute a historic opportunity.

No one — not the U.S., the EU, Turkey, Greece, or the two Cypriot communities — can afford to waste it. Either the island will reunite under a U.N. plan accepted by both sides or the status quo will need to change by some other means. The isolation of the Turkish Cypriots, who opted in favor of an internationally acceptable solution, cannot be sustained any longer.

The talks between Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat and Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias are now entering a crucial phase. Both leaders need the full support of the trans-Atlantic community.

The U.S. is particularly well situated to contribute to the process in a positive manner, and its engagement at the appropriate level will be needed in the coming months. The U.S.-Turkish partnership, badly strained by the war in Iraq, was reinvigorated by President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey in June. American participation in resolving the Cyprus conflict would ensure that the relationship remains on a sound footing.

Contrary to many previous rounds of Cyprus negotiations, the issue this time is not confined to the island alone but embraces the wider region.

The outcome of the ongoing talks, for example, will impact how Turkey assesses relations with the EU. If the talks fail, the side that behaves in an uncompromising manner will bear full responsibility for dividing the island forever.

Moreover, failure to resolve the Cyprus issue would deadlock already strained security cooperation between NATO and the EU. The recent visit to Ankara by the new NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, highlighted again how urgent a Cyprus settlement really is.

Failure might also have security implications in the Balkans, the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean — all areas where the U.S. and the EU have vital interests.

It is for these reasons that the trans-Atlantic community should invest its time and energy in the ongoing U.N.-sponsored talks. Neither the U.S. nor the EU can afford another failure in Cyprus. There is simply too much at stake.

I hope Kikoş and some of his CO's has seen this news ..............

Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriots communities .........

Turkish Cypriots President ............

Greek Cypriot president ...................

[insan]

The ultimate goal is TC/GCs, Turks/Greeks besides all other concerned parties having common national interests. As long as they don't have common national interests, even a perfect solution almost satisfactory to 100% of all; doomed to fail and lead just another conflict.

It is crystal clear to me that there r some very well known circles that exert put TCs and Turks out of this national interests game. There r also some very well known circles that exert put Brits and USA out of some parts of this national interests game.

The opposing powers have almost equal political influence since 50s... that's why in essentials nothing has changed in the last 60 years.

[YFred]

The following article appeared in the Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20090927a1.html
Cyprus is back on the international agenda, with leaders of the island's rival Greek and Turkish communities engaged in intense negotiations to resolve the divided country's status. But, although new talks are under way, the international community is, not surprisingly, tired of dealing with the issue.

After all, the Cyprus conflict has dragged on since 1974, wearing out U.N. secretary generals and special representatives of all sorts, as well as bringing down governments in both Greece and Cyprus.

In 2004, the European Union, the United States and a good part of the international community invested considerable energy in trying to resolve the conflict once and for all. Then U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and his team drafted a plan, which Turkey's government took big political risks in supporting. The government convinced the Turkish Cypriots to make a leap of faith and vote in favor of the Annan plan to reunite the island.

Regrettably, the Greek Cypriot leadership at that time actively campaigned against the U.N. plan. Consequently, whereas 65 percent of Turkish Cypriots voted in favor of the plan when it was put to a vote on the island, 76 percent of Greek Cypriots rejected it.

Worse yet, Greek Cyprus joined the EU days after it spurned the will of the international community, while the EU reneged on its promise to end the Turkish community's isolation if it supported Annan's plan. Today, many people might think all of this is water under the bridge. But the fate of the Annan plan remains very much a part of Turkish thinking on the Cyprus issue.

In 2008, the United Nations started a new negotiation process for Cyprus. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given his full blessing to a negotiated settlement, and, as in 2004, Turkey supports the Turkish Cypriots' willingness to find a viable solution to the division of Cyprus under the U.N. umbrella.

It should be clear that the current talks are the last chance for a negotiated settlement on the island. So it is imperative that the trans-Atlantic community recognize that the current talks constitute a historic opportunity.

No one — not the U.S., the EU, Turkey, Greece, or the two Cypriot communities — can afford to waste it. Either the island will reunite under a U.N. plan accepted by both sides or the status quo will need to change by some other means. The isolation of the Turkish Cypriots, who opted in favor of an internationally acceptable solution, cannot be sustained any longer.

The talks between Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat and Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias are now entering a crucial phase. Both leaders need the full support of the trans-Atlantic community.

The U.S. is particularly well situated to contribute to the process in a positive manner, and its engagement at the appropriate level will be needed in the coming months. The U.S.-Turkish partnership, badly strained by the war in Iraq, was reinvigorated by President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey in June. American participation in resolving the Cyprus conflict would ensure that the relationship remains on a sound footing.

Contrary to many previous rounds of Cyprus negotiations, the issue this time is not confined to the island alone but embraces the wider region.

The outcome of the ongoing talks, for example, will impact how Turkey assesses relations with the EU. If the talks fail, the side that behaves in an uncompromising manner will bear full responsibility for dividing the island forever.

Moreover, failure to resolve the Cyprus issue would deadlock already strained security cooperation between NATO and the EU. The recent visit to Ankara by the new NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, highlighted again how urgent a Cyprus settlement really is.

Failure might also have security implications in the Balkans, the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean — all areas where the U.S. and the EU have vital interests.

It is for these reasons that the trans-Atlantic community should invest its time and energy in the ongoing U.N.-sponsored talks. Neither the U.S. nor the EU can afford another failure in Cyprus. There is simply too much at stake.

I hope Kikoş and some of his CO's has seen this news ..............

Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriots communities .........

Turkish Cypriots President ............

Greek Cypriot president ...................

Halil, leave CSK alone, he has other issues he has to deal with at the moment and he will get back to normality once he sees the errors of his ways.

[halil]

The following article appeared in the Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20090927a1.html
Cyprus is back on the international agenda, with leaders of the island's rival Greek and Turkish communities engaged in intense negotiations to resolve the divided country's status. But, although new talks are under way, the international community is, not surprisingly, tired of dealing with the issue.

After all, the Cyprus conflict has dragged on since 1974, wearing out U.N. secretary generals and special representatives of all sorts, as well as bringing down governments in both Greece and Cyprus.

In 2004, the European Union, the United States and a good part of the international community invested considerable energy in trying to resolve the conflict once and for all. Then U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and his team drafted a plan, which Turkey's government took big political risks in supporting. The government convinced the Turkish Cypriots to make a leap of faith and vote in favor of the Annan plan to reunite the island.

Regrettably, the Greek Cypriot leadership at that time actively campaigned against the U.N. plan. Consequently, whereas 65 percent of Turkish Cypriots voted in favor of the plan when it was put to a vote on the island, 76 percent of Greek Cypriots rejected it.

Worse yet, Greek Cyprus joined the EU days after it spurned the will of the international community, while the EU reneged on its promise to end the Turkish community's isolation if it supported Annan's plan. Today, many people might think all of this is water under the bridge. But the fate of the Annan plan remains very much a part of Turkish thinking on the Cyprus issue.

In 2008, the United Nations started a new negotiation process for Cyprus. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given his full blessing to a negotiated settlement, and, as in 2004, Turkey supports the Turkish Cypriots' willingness to find a viable solution to the division of Cyprus under the U.N. umbrella.

It should be clear that the current talks are the last chance for a negotiated settlement on the island. So it is imperative that the trans-Atlantic community recognize that the current talks constitute a historic opportunity.

No one — not the U.S., the EU, Turkey, Greece, or the two Cypriot communities — can afford to waste it. Either the island will reunite under a U.N. plan accepted by both sides or the status quo will need to change by some other means. The isolation of the Turkish Cypriots, who opted in favor of an internationally acceptable solution, cannot be sustained any longer.

The talks between Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat and Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias are now entering a crucial phase. Both leaders need the full support of the trans-Atlantic community.

The U.S. is particularly well situated to contribute to the process in a positive manner, and its engagement at the appropriate level will be needed in the coming months. The U.S.-Turkish partnership, badly strained by the war in Iraq, was reinvigorated by President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey in June. American participation in resolving the Cyprus conflict would ensure that the relationship remains on a sound footing.

Contrary to many previous rounds of Cyprus negotiations, the issue this time is not confined to the island alone but embraces the wider region.

The outcome of the ongoing talks, for example, will impact how Turkey assesses relations with the EU. If the talks fail, the side that behaves in an uncompromising manner will bear full responsibility for dividing the island forever.

Moreover, failure to resolve the Cyprus issue would deadlock already strained security cooperation between NATO and the EU. The recent visit to Ankara by the new NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, highlighted again how urgent a Cyprus settlement really is.

Failure might also have security implications in the Balkans, the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean — all areas where the U.S. and the EU have vital interests.

It is for these reasons that the trans-Atlantic community should invest its time and energy in the ongoing U.N.-sponsored talks. Neither the U.S. nor the EU can afford another failure in Cyprus. There is simply too much at stake.

I hope Kikoş and some of his CO's has seen this news ..............

Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriots communities .........

Turkish Cypriots President ............

Greek Cypriot president ...................

Halil, leave CSK alone, he has other issues he has to deal with at the moment and he will get back to normality once he sees the errors of his ways.

He knew the truth gardash but he can't get out of it what he has promised to his friends.
It is true if u have a balls solve out everything with legal documents ... no need to find this and that ......... we are nothing to hide YFred when he finds one day who are u and your family he will shame of him self .... Kapdırdı gendini birkere . bizler hep hırsız ....onlar hep doğru ........

[YFred]

The following article appeared in the Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20090927a1.html
Cyprus is back on the international agenda, with leaders of the island's rival Greek and Turkish communities engaged in intense negotiations to resolve the divided country's status. But, although new talks are under way, the international community is, not surprisingly, tired of dealing with the issue.

After all, the Cyprus conflict has dragged on since 1974, wearing out U.N. secretary generals and special representatives of all sorts, as well as bringing down governments in both Greece and Cyprus.

In 2004, the European Union, the United States and a good part of the international community invested considerable energy in trying to resolve the conflict once and for all. Then U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and his team drafted a plan, which Turkey's government took big political risks in supporting. The government convinced the Turkish Cypriots to make a leap of faith and vote in favor of the Annan plan to reunite the island.

Regrettably, the Greek Cypriot leadership at that time actively campaigned against the U.N. plan. Consequently, whereas 65 percent of Turkish Cypriots voted in favor of the plan when it was put to a vote on the island, 76 percent of Greek Cypriots rejected it.

Worse yet, Greek Cyprus joined the EU days after it spurned the will of the international community, while the EU reneged on its promise to end the Turkish community's isolation if it supported Annan's plan. Today, many people might think all of this is water under the bridge. But the fate of the Annan plan remains very much a part of Turkish thinking on the Cyprus issue.

In 2008, the United Nations started a new negotiation process for Cyprus. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given his full blessing to a negotiated settlement, and, as in 2004, Turkey supports the Turkish Cypriots' willingness to find a viable solution to the division of Cyprus under the U.N. umbrella.

It should be clear that the current talks are the last chance for a negotiated settlement on the island. So it is imperative that the trans-Atlantic community recognize that the current talks constitute a historic opportunity.

No one — not the U.S., the EU, Turkey, Greece, or the two Cypriot communities — can afford to waste it. Either the island will reunite under a U.N. plan accepted by both sides or the status quo will need to change by some other means. The isolation of the Turkish Cypriots, who opted in favor of an internationally acceptable solution, cannot be sustained any longer.

The talks between Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat and Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias are now entering a crucial phase. Both leaders need the full support of the trans-Atlantic community.

The U.S. is particularly well situated to contribute to the process in a positive manner, and its engagement at the appropriate level will be needed in the coming months. The U.S.-Turkish partnership, badly strained by the war in Iraq, was reinvigorated by President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey in June. American participation in resolving the Cyprus conflict would ensure that the relationship remains on a sound footing.

Contrary to many previous rounds of Cyprus negotiations, the issue this time is not confined to the island alone but embraces the wider region.

The outcome of the ongoing talks, for example, will impact how Turkey assesses relations with the EU. If the talks fail, the side that behaves in an uncompromising manner will bear full responsibility for dividing the island forever.

Moreover, failure to resolve the Cyprus issue would deadlock already strained security cooperation between NATO and the EU. The recent visit to Ankara by the new NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, highlighted again how urgent a Cyprus settlement really is.

Failure might also have security implications in the Balkans, the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean — all areas where the U.S. and the EU have vital interests.

It is for these reasons that the trans-Atlantic community should invest its time and energy in the ongoing U.N.-sponsored talks. Neither the U.S. nor the EU can afford another failure in Cyprus. There is simply too much at stake.

I hope Kikoş and some of his CO's has seen this news ..............

Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriots communities .........

Turkish Cypriots President ............

Greek Cypriot president ...................

Halil, leave CSK alone, he has other issues he has to deal with at the moment and he will get back to normality once he sees the errors of his ways.

He knew the truth gardash but he can't get out of it what he has promised to his friends.
It is true if u have a balls solve out everything with legal documents ... no need to find this and that ......... we are nothing to hide YFred when he finds one day who are u and your family he will shame of him self .... Kapdırdı gendini birkere . bizler hep hırsız ....onlar hep doğru ........

Halil, not another word. Let him suffer.