Issy1956 wrote:Piratis,
"The Turkish troops will be replaced with the troops of Republic of Cyprus, part of which TCs are".
You live in a dream world. I very much doubt that the TC will accept troops of Republic of Cyprus, even if part of whom are TCs. No way. Anyay I though we were going to be a demilitarised island werent we. Why do we need an army at all if we have peace? Small contigent of Turkish troops in a base as well as a small contigent of Greek Troops in a base and only a Cypriot police force to police their respective bicommnunal bizonal areas. And no secret armies this time. Do you agree?
What about a combined force of contingents from various EU countries plus Turkey and Cyprus (TCs and GCs together,) which will all function under the roof and the command of the Peace and security Alliance (a combined EU /Nato pact currently under way of formulation and establishment?) For example, we may have such a combined force of fully equipped professional troops, (say around 7-8 thousand in numbers,) 1,000 of which will be from Turkey, 1,000 from Greece, 1,000 from the UK, 1,000 from France, 1,000 from a mixture of 2-3 other European countries, and another 2 -3 thousand from the two communities in Cyprus (say 2,000 GCs and 1,000 TCs.) The entire force will be under one command -that of the above mentioned pact, and will have as its purpose to guarantee the internal and external security and sovereignty of the whole of Cyprus, plus it will act as a force to promote the peace and security interests of the above EU /Nato alliance pact in the region (recent case of Lebanon in mind for example.) No one single country of those contributing forces in the above combined force will have the right to unilaterally use its participating contingent for any other purpose than the one specified. There will be a provision that if in the future the climate of trust in the relations of the two communities is improved, the Cypriot portion or element of this force is increased and the non-Cypriot element is decreased, and perhaps one day it becomes a completely Cypriot professional military force.