Nikitas wrote:Speaking to president Christofias at the UN yesterday, Erdogan referred to "two states" in Cyprus and added that there is no settler problem since the settlers are "citizens of the TRNC". In short Erdogan has nullified Talat as a negotiator by removing any bargaining power Talat says he has.
What is the point of all this BBF talk?
No point at all, in fact Turkey is doing whatever she can to have a dealock the soonest possible and they want that deadlock to happen while Talat is in power because of his good image. They won't allow Eroglu to replace him before an official deadlock...
While waiting for this deadlock Turkey is busy buying out keymen like Verhoigen in the EU (Ok this crook was already bought from the Anan Plan days) the Australian UN representative in Cyprus ( i keep forgetting his name) and many others who we don't know. She will use all these keymen for the next step of trying to get partial recognition. She wants this partial recognition/direct flights/direct trade basically to get off her shoulders as much as possible of the financial load of the occupied.
In the meantime Christofias seems to be sleeping like a baby.
Now whether they will succeed or not remains to be seen. Fact is Turkey does work systematically, they do have plans, and they do try them. This time their plan is very risky though. We will see...