We are not talking about Turkey here, we are talking what the suspension of the EU Aquis in the occupied means in terms of RoC enforcing it’s law. You know very well you cannot export to the EU simply because the RoC does not accept an illegally occupied port of hers to do exports from illegally grabbed lands. You call it embargo? The fact is there is no state in the world who would not "embargo" all illegalities within it. For your information the major exports of Famagusta port after 1974 were stolen TVs, Refrigerators washing machines, furniture, household whatever. You were the largest exporter of these commodities in the whole world. Cyprus in 1974 was mainly exporting citrus, would you really expect to give you our approval when you grabbed by force almost 20 times more orchards that what you left behind?
You might think this was unfair, but then how about the multiple unfairness you imposed and still imposing on us.
Pyrpolizer
i am a little puzzled now. Surely the ROC is not imposing its law. There are several UN resolution on Cyprus on the occupation and the "TRNC". These have came from the UN not the ROC.
I dont understand how Famagusta dock became the "biggest exporter of these commodities in the whole world". It would have been lucky if there couldn't have been that many TV's or these commodities on an island the size of Cyprus. Besided given the electric voltage in Cyprus where is it possible that these products could have been sold to?
If you think that "stealing 20 more orchards than what we left behind" is oppression then i have to disagree. GC's for the last 30 years have hardly been oppressed. Denied rights to property and lands I'll grant you but oppressed......seems a little strong. I beleive that your current government have a lot to answer their own people. Giving them false hope to fuel their own power and ego is, too use your choice of descriptions, oppressing ordinary GC people.
You forgot your passports that are absolutely necessary to get free education at European Universities, you forgot that the TC chamber of Commerce (commerce not congress lol) is actually authorised by RoC to do what you said, you forgot the aid for the TCs through the EU that once again needs RoCs approval as how is going to be used, you forgot the fact that you are Europeans thanks to RoC whereas the settlers are not. You don’t need to say thank you, just appreciate it and don’t throw every possitive step we take towards you (despite your own violation of our rights) in the dustbin. Of course you would be more happy if Roc would let you exploit all the illegalities against us, but sorry no state that respects ALL its citizens can do that.
Sorry for the typo
flippin spell check!!!! of course it is congress.
The EU can not give aid direct to TC's because that would be tantamount to "official" recognition. Please don't forget that this money was a "carrot" to the TC's to say yes to Annan the same way as direct trade was also promised in return for the "yes" vote. It is only after 2 and a bit years that they received the funding. The rest of the EU would not have looked to favourably on the ROC had they not given the green light for this money. It does come with strings attached though as you know. There are restrictions on what it can be used for. Although given its Cyprus new cars for the government ministers will no doubt be on the list
Most Cypriots would be Europeans anyway. There is a huge amount of cypriots both TC and GC who hold British passports or are eligible for British passports given its a former British colony. For example if your father or mother had one then you too are also entitled to one. All cypriots that had passports prior to 1960 were entitled to British passports.
