miltiades wrote:The removal of the 1960 treaty of guaranties ( The rest of the 1960 agreement is now defunct )
The incorporation of International gurantees led by America , Britain , The UN and Europe .Most definately not guarantees by Turkey that it will adhere to agreements signed, you must see the concerns of the majority and support must be forthcoming in addressing these valid concerns....continue ... Pressed the wrong key.
The people of Cyprus have suffered a great deal over the years . To force a solution that the majority are inclined to reject in the short term would not be conducive to long term stability believe the main issue here is SECURITY.
Find an acceptable solution to this very real issue and I believe the rest will fall in line , the property issue can be addressed .I posted earlier the ridiculous situation regarding Road ownership , and though I haven't posted as yet , the issue of freedom of movement by all Cypriots in all of Cyprus. The recognition by CYPRIOTS THAT WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT NATION AND NOT AN EXTENSION OF EITHER TURKEY OT GREECE.
Turkey must play a large role in addressing the real concerns of the majority of Cypriots. Equals politically YES, but the majority is still the majority , and this majority will have to be made to feel secure without the tread of further violence and wars.
so...when you meant guarantees, u didnot mean UN guarantees but the old ones...
the guarantor powers of turkey are indeed a problem bc they cause a security feeling for tcs and an insecurity feeling for gcs. both have good reasons to feel like that.
the question , is how to strike a deal.
how do you propose to solve the security question from the tc perspective miltiades ? there is a fear , real or constructed , serious or rediculous, it doesnt matter , it is there. how do you plan to convince the tcs to sign a deal that will satisfy their security concerns ? it is easy to say that we change a deal that we sign in the past , but you need to tell us how the security concerns of tcs are dealt with. do you think that bc some of us decided to promote cypriotism can solve a security dilemma stuck in peoples head?
my opnion on the guarantees , as i expressed it before :
it doesnt really matter if they are there oor not. if we decide to hurt the tcs , turkey will attack whether they have intervention rights or not. do you honestly think that in the case that we decide to ethnically cleanse the tcs turkey will be hindered from the fact that it doesnot have intervening rights?
in short it depends on us to a great extent if turkey intervenes or not.