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[boomerang]

ain't gonna happen piratis...eu membership has seen to that...something the tcs/turkey are finding out...

i predict turkey either will quit eu membership in the 11th hr or make major movements towards a solution...

I say this coz when the roc takes the eu helm turks will go bananas...also turkey wants to rub shoulders with the big and powerful and this can only be achieved via eu membership...

turkey joining the towel head nations will no bring what she craves...

[bill cobbett]

Solution or goodbye

Under the headline “Solution or goodbye”, Makarios Droushiotis writing in Politis says that the UN Secretary-General is determined to clarify things in the Cyprus problem. Without actually spelling it out, in essence his latest report sets out a road map for finishing the talks and clearly warns that the UN will not stay involved for ever.



He says that anyone who can read between the lines of diplomatic talk can clearly see how the UN is thinking and what strategy it wants to lay down for the coming weeks and months. The writer believes that there will either be a breakthrough or a complete collapse. He says Ban Ki-moon is so committed and determined that there is no more room for tactical ploys.



Droushiotis says the UN’s road map is as follows:



- the UN considers the chapters on economy and the EU closed. Those on governance and power sharing have small divergences which are not unbridgeable.

- the only chapter still pending and preventing the Cyprus problem from going to a conference is the property issue. The leaders must bridge their differences using the UN’s experts.

- the leaders must converge their positions on all chapters through cross negotiations i.e. they must start a give and take.

- the UN S-G will reevaluate everything at the end of March and will decide whether to call the leaders to another meeting with him

- at this meeting, which will probably be held in April, he will ask the leaders for proposals as to how they intend to proceed. He will propose that the procedure be expanded.

- his report is clearly preparing the ground for an international conference with the participation of the guarantor powers and the EU

- convergences in all major issues must happen before the elections in Cyprus and Turkey

- he will not write a new report . The next evaluation will take place in June and according to developments he will decide as to the future of UNFICYP and his good offices mission.

- he warns that the UN has been in Cyprus for 50 years now and internal discussions have already begun as to its future on the island.



Droushiotis says there are three major elements arising from the report - the S-G’s insistence on convergences in the next few weeks, that he is preparing the ground for an international conference, that the UN’s role in Cyprus is coming to an end.

Well assuming that the above is an accurate precis of what Drooshotis wrote...

anyone who can read between the lines of diplomese in what Ban said will have picked up on Ban's wish to see more linkage between chapters...

in particular the property and territory isuses...

... yet the word territory isn't even mentioned in the above report, let alone the linkage with property.

Poor reporting by Drooshotis or by Halil.

[Get Real!]

It’s now or never, says UN chief !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

If he was talking about the banana BBF, we'll take NEVER thanks!

[boulio]

unfortunalty cyprus is being led down to a lucerne type meeting again.Christofias and the political leadership if they truley want a federal republic for cyprus should draw up there own plan with EU help and present it in the next meeting with the SG if it is in the parameters of the un and eu they should say its now or never to the t/c leadership.

[bill cobbett]

unfortunalty cyprus is being led down to a lucerne type meeting again.Christofias and the political leadership if they truley want a federal republic for cyprus should draw up there own plan with EU help and present it in the next meeting with the SG if it is in the parameters of the un and eu they should say its now or never to the t/c leadership.

Absolutely mate... the Government of The Republic should have taken such a step ages ago.... that plonker Errorglue is completely out of touch with what the CYs living Under Turkish Oppression want.... so Pres X should do his duty and take the lead with a comprehensive settlement package... one that'll pass muster in the referendums.

[boulio]

exactley bill if they want a federation the should just write it down,state there proposals and let it be.if the t/c are serious and want to negotiate on that plan give and take here and there fine but this nonsense has to stop sooner or later.