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No problem having TCs do it, but the police authority would be that of the RoC. A goverment can not outsource its authority...

The police will need to be employed by the RoC, following those laws and rules, etc.

[Viewpoint]

I think your constitution allows for this to happen.

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Allows for what?

To hire RoC citizens (TC) as police officers to exercise the police authority anywhere on the island?

[Viewpoint]

Yes, so there are no real obsticles preventing the GCs from making the first move in improving relations between our communities, why don't they do anything??

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If you have any contacts at Ercan, please have them ask for the immigration police to come over. I am afraid they will not come up with the idea themselves...

[Alexis]

As with everything in Cyprus, the two sides must act Bilaterally on such issues. Despite it's offical status the TRNC remains in de facto control of Ercan Airport and so anything of this sort can only be a suggestion.
Unfortunately as with everything in Cyprus the issue of direct flights to the north has become a political bargaining chip. The TC side has certainly been the more pro-active of the two in recent years, but the question is, to what degree should the RoC act bilaterally with a state it regards as illegal before a comprehensive settlement can be reached?
In my view we (GCs) need to act bilaterally with the TRNC on certain issues with a view to eventually re-uniting the island. There are limits though and some things are best left to a comprehensive settlement.

[pg]

As with everything in Cyprus, the two sides must act Bilaterally on such issues. Despite it's offical status the TRNC remains in de facto control of Ercan Airport and so anything of this sort can only be a suggestion.
Unfortunately as with everything in Cyprus the issue of direct flights to the north has become a political bargaining chip. The TC side has certainly been the more pro-active of the two in recent years, but the question is, to what degree should the RoC act bilaterally with a state it regards as illegal before a comprehensive settlement can be reached?
In my view we (GCs) need to act bilaterally with the TRNC on certain issues with a view to eventually re-uniting the island. There are limits though and some things are best left to a comprehensive settlement.

Do you think it would be helpful to split the issues on the part of the (RoC)goverment? For example, the president would handle international issues, while someone else would be considered the leader of the GC community and handle issues like these with the TC community? Lots of pros and cons there...

[Alexis]

Yes, that is one way things could be done. But the TCs need to feel that the president is acting on their behalf as well, or else how could this work?
Perhaps if the TCs could somehow vote for a respresentative who will act on their behalf on international affairs through the RoC? But would they go for this? I feel that their argument will be that they have elected representatives who represent them through the TRNC and thus have no need for any representative who will represent them through the RoC.
These are radical ideas, but I think the only way forward is to take small steps which will lead to a comprehensive settlement and a Cyprus which both communities can feel will represent them.