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[bill cobbett]

Below is how the not as free as could be press in Turkey and in the "trnc" reported the Greentree NY meetings and their opinions on the future of the settlement talks in summaries by the PIO of the Republic.

Here's the "press" in the Occupied Areas, all singing from the same song sheet in which phrases like "last act" and "end" abound...

3. How the Turkish Cypriot press covers the tripartite meeting in New York
All the Turkish Cypriot newspapers today (02.11.11), on their front page, cover the result of the tripartite meeting in New York between President Christofias, the Turkish Cypriot leader Eroglu and the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon within the framework of the Cyprus talks.

Halkin Sesi refers to the issue under the title “’Last act’ in the negotiations” noting that Ban Ki-moon stated yesterday after the completion of the meeting that the leaders assured him that reaching a solution is possible. Halkin Sesi writes that the Secretary-General announced that a new summit will be held in the same manner in January and asked from the leaders to work within a period of two months for “the last act”.

Volkan refers to the issue under the title “The mountain gave birth to a mouse” and argues that the tripartite summit “bumped into the Greek Cypriot intransigence” and that the UN was “in separate straights”, but did not criticized President Christofias.

Star Kibris covers the meeting under the title “The last tango in January”. Noting that “the Turkish side is satisfied”, the paper refers to statements by Eroglu, who said that ‘we are approaching to the end” and that “the summit in January is tantamount to an end”.

Yeni Duzen covers the developments under the title “New chance for peace” and writes that “hope” has once more came out from the New York summit.

Under the title “The ‘last act’ in January”, Kibris writes that Ban Ki-moon announced that remarkable progress has been made on the chapters of “Economy”, the “EU” and the “Internal Security”. Moreover, under the title “Encouraging”, the paper publishes statements by Eroglu’s advisor, Kudret Ozersay, who expressed his satisfaction with the results of the meeting.

Havadis covers the meeting under the title “He was assured for a solution”, noting the leaders assured Ban Ki-moon that they will work for a comprehensive solution. The paper argues that President Christofias preferred not to say whether he was satisfied with the results of the meeting, while Eroglu stated that the Turkish proposals were found positive by the UN.

Afrika covers the issue under the title “Deadline of two more months to the leaders by Ban”.

Bakis writes that “Ban asked from the leaders to work for the ‘last act”.

Vatan reports that the result which came out from the summit was “a ‘last act’ in January”.

Kibrisli covers the issue under the title “Let this end be the last one!” The paper refers also the statements by Eroglu, who said that after the summit in January a four-party or a five-party conference will be held and it will be seen whether an agreement is possible.

Gunes refers to the developments under the title “The end of the game should come”.

Finally, Ortam covers the developments under the titles “A summit came out from the summit” and “Eroglu referred to the ‘end’ again”.
(I/Ts.)

... and here is how the mainland Turkish "press" sees things, where the words "step" and "hope" feature...

4. How the Turkish press covers the tripartite meeting in New York
Turkish newspapers today (02.11.11) reports on the outcome of the tripartite meeting in New York between President Christofias, the Turkish Cypriot leader Eroglu and the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon within the framework of the Cyprus talks. However, they do not give broad coverage to the issue and publish short reports in their inside pages. The headlines of some reports are the following:
Sabah: “Negotiation’s hope in the 5th meeting”
Cumhuriyet: “Hope for solution in Cyprus”
Hurriyet: “UN: Go today and come in January”
Zaman (online): “One more step in the Cyprus settlement”
Hurriyet Daily News: “Ban hopeful for a deal in Cyprus in January”
Today’s Zaman: “Cyprus talks end with some progress, UN calls new meeting in January”

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[Get Real!]

Definitely the last act before returning to the ONLY legal reality…

RESOLUTION 353 (1974)
http://www.un.int/cyprus/scr353.htm

RESOLUTION 541 (1983)
http://www.un.int/cyprus/scr541.htm