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[lola-tulip]

Britain gets stark warning over Cyprus bases


Britain will not be able to retain its bases in Cyprus.

Tue, Nov 09, 2010

The Cyprus Government today warned Britain that its military bases on the island will be abolished, should a permanent partition of her former colony be brought about, as suggested by former British Foreign Minister Jack Straw.

Commenting on an article by Straw raising the prospect of partitioning Cyprus, Government spokesmand Stefanos Stefanou said that division is not a choice either for the government or for the UN and various international organizations, including the
European Union.

He added that if Straw opted for division, then he should know that this means that under the Treaty of Establishment, Britain will not be able to retain its bases in Cyprus.

In total, some 3,500 British personnel are based in Cyprus.


http://famagusta-gazette.com/britain-ge ... 950-69.htm

[lola-tulip]

"[ ~ ] Invited to comment on references by the former British Foreign Secretary Mr Jack Straw to the Cyprus issue, in an article of a British newspaper, Mr Stefanou said: “Mr Straw has referred to the acceptance of partition. Firstly, partition is not an option for us. Secondly, it is not an option for the United Nations and the various international organisations, as well as for the EU itself. There are resolutions, decisions of both the UN and the EU, and not only. Thirdly, the references by Mr Straw are opposed to the Protocol of Understanding signed by the Republic of Cyprus and Great Britain, which includes the basis and the framework of the solution to the Cyprus issue and speaks about reunification on the basis of a bizonal bicommunal federation, and not about partition.
If Mr Straw supports the partition he should know that this would mean, according to the Treaty of Establishment by which Great Britain has two military bases in Cyprus, that Britain would not be able to keep these bases in Cyprus”. [~ ]"

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[lola-tulip]

Cyprus Threatens to Abolish British Military Bases


2010-11-09 23:49:59 Xinhua Web Editor: Zhangxu



Cyprus warned Britain on Tuesday that its military bases on the island would be abolished if the country supports and brings about a permanent partition of its former colony.

"Division is not a choice for us or for the United Nations and various international organizations as well as for the European Union," Cyprus government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said in response to an article by former British Foreign Minister Jack Straw on the prospect of partitioning Cyprus.

Britain retained two "sovereign bases" on Cyprus according to a 1960 treaty that granted the island independence after decades of colonial rule.

"If Straw opts for division, then he must know that this means that under the Treaty of Establishment ... Britain will not be able to retain these bases in Cyprus," Stefanou said.

In an article in the London Times on Monday, Straw suggested that it was time for the British government to "consider the formal partition of Cyprus" if the current UN-led negotiations to reunify the island fail to reach a settlement.

He also wrote that a Nov. 18 meeting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will have with Cyprus President Demetris Christofias, a Greek Cypriot, and Turkish Cypriot leaders would have a better chance to succeed "if the international community broke a taboo and started publicly to recognize that if political equality cannot be achieved within one state, then it could with two states, north and south."

Stefanou, however, said Straw's positions "are fully in contrast with the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Republic of Cyprus and the United Kingdom."

He added that the memorandum signed when Straw was British Foreign Minister outlines the basis and the framework for a settlement of the Cyprus problem and refers to reunification on the basis of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation.

Besides its two military bases in Cyprus, one of which is an airbase providing support for the allied forces in Afghanistan, Britain has also retained several sites serving as monitoring installations that can spy on activities as distant as the Far East.

Cypriot politicians consider that Britain has always followed a partitionist policy since Greek Cypriots fought a four-year guerrilla war in the mid-1950s that forced it to end its colonial rule.


http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/11/09/2021s604081.htm

[Get Real!]

"...partition is not an option for us. Secondly, it is not an option for the United Nations and the various international organisations, as well as for the EU itself. There are resolutions, decisions of both the UN and the EU, and not only."

And that pretty much covers why anyone who professes to be a politician should start studying international law before making a fool of himself!

I’m talking about you uneducated Jack Straw…

[halil]

No way Cyprus can close the bases...... Needs Turkey and Turkish Cypriots signature ................

[boulio]

how so the argument has been made that it will be because of partition.Turkey and the t/c have no say.

[Jerry]

No way Cyprus can close the bases...... Needs Turkey and Turkish Cypriots signature ................

And you need our signature to acquire our property in the north.

[Kikapu]

No way Cyprus can close the bases...... Needs Turkey and Turkish Cypriots signature ................

Partitioning will also need the GCs and Greece's signature too, wouldn't it, Halil.?

[halil]

No way Cyprus can close the bases...... Needs Turkey and Turkish Cypriots signature ................

And you need our signature to acquire our property in the north.

correct.... Jerry both side need signature to acquire something or find solution in Cyprus..... without one side signature nothing will work! both side has got sayings............... not only ''ROC''...... whoever things that ''ROC'' can do it .....again mistaken....

i don't support the partition. I support BBF solution formulas, which both sides are trying to find.

[lola-tulip]

[ ~ ] both side need signature to acquire something or find solution in Cyprus.. [~]

Strictly speaking, Halil, that is not true. Only the RoC represents the island. The entire country of Cyprus.