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Postby turkkan » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:35 pm

Η υπουργός Εξωτερικών προσερχόμενη στο Συμβούλιο Γενικών Υποθέσεων.

Βρυξέλλες: Σε συμβιβαστική συμφωνία για «πάγωμα» οκτώ κεφαλαίων διαπραγμάτευσης και αξιολόγηση της Τουρκίας στο πλαίσιο των ετήσιων εκθέσεων προόδου κατέληξε ο διπλωματικός πυρετός στις Βρυξέλλες. Οι υπουργοί Εξωτερικών των κρατών-μελών της ΕΕ συμφώνησαν να επιβραδύνουν τις διαπραγματεύσεις με την Τουρκία, στη βάση της εισήγησης της Κομισιόν για «πάγωμα» οκτώ κεφαλαίων σε απάντηση της τουρκικής άρνησης να ανοίξει τα λιμάνια και τα αεροδρόμιά της στα κυπριακά πλοία και αεροσκάφη.
Τα κεφάλαια αυτά είναι η ελεύθερη διακίνηση αγαθών, το δικαίωμα εγκατάστασης και η ελευθερία παροχής υπηρεσιών, οι οικονομικές υπηρεσίες, η γεωργία και η αγροτική ανάπτυξη, η αλιεία, η πολιτική μεταφορών, η Τελωνειακή Ένωση και οι εξωτερικές σχέσεις.

Η απόφαση του Συμβουλίου Υπουργών προβλέπει ότι στο πλαίσιο των ετήσιων εκθέσεων προόδου της Ευρωπαικής Επιτροπής, το Συμβούλιο θα αξιολογεί το κατά πόσο η Τουρκία ανταποκρίθηκε στις δεσμεύσεις της. Η εξέταση θα αρχίσει από την επόμενη έκθεση το Φθινόπωρο του 2007, ενώ θα συνεχιστεί το 2008 και αν χρειαστεί το 2009.

Παράλληλα, ελήφθη απόφαση ότι τα υπόλοιπα 26 κεφάλαια της διαπραγματευτικής διαδικασίας θα εξετάζονται στο ισχύον πλαίσιο της Διακυβερνητικής Διάσκεψης και διασφαλίστηκε ότι δεν θα κλείνουν όσο παρατείνεται το έλλειμμα ανταπόκρισης και εφαρμογής από την τουρκική πλευρά, με συνέπεια να διατηρεί η Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία δικαίωμα αρνησικυρίας.

Βρετανικό «αγκάθι» για το απ' ευθείας εμπόριο

Κατά πληροφορίες, η βρετανική πλευρά συναρτά τον ορισμό της ρήτρας επανεξέτασης της τουρκικής ενταξιακής πορείας, το έτος 2008 ή 2009 κατά τις εισηγήσεις που έχουν διατυπωθεί από κράτη-μέλη, με την έναρξη του απευθείας εμπορίου με τους Τουρκοκύπριους.
Το θέμα του κανονισμού για το απ' ευθείας εμπόριο με τους Τουκροκύπριους θα συζητηθεί τον Ιανουάριο του 2007.
Στην παρέμβασή του στη σχετική συζήτηση ο αρμόδιος για τη Διεύρυνση επίτροπος Όλι Ρεν, επανέλαβε ότι δεν υποστηρίζει την ιδέα να υπάρξουν χρονοδιαγράμματα και ρήτρες επανεξέτασης της Τουρκίας, υπογραμμίζοντας παράλληλα την ανάγκη έγκρισης του κοινοτικού κανονισμού για το εμπορικό καθεστώς των Τουρκοκυπρίων.

Ικανοποιημένη η Μπακογιάννη

Την ικανοποίησή της για την επίτευξη συμφωνίας εξέφρασε η υπουργός εξωτερικών της Ελλάδας, Ντόρα Μπακογιάννη και τόνισε ότι με τη απόφαση αυτή υπάρχει ενιαία στάση των «25», με καθαρό μήνυμα προς την Τουρκία.
Η κ. Μπακογιάννη επεσήμανε ακόμη ότι αποφασίστηκε έπειτα από ιδιαίτερα έντονη διαβούλευση, ένας μηχανισμός αξιολόγησης και ελέγχου της ανταπόκρισης της Τουρκίας στο θέμα του Πρωτοκόλλου ο οποίος ξεκινά το 2007, με έμφαση που δίνεται το 2008 και αν χρειαστεί το 2009 με ειδική αναφορά στις εκθέσεις της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής προς το Συμβούλιο Υπουργών. Με τον τρόπο αυτό, σημείωσε η Ντ. Μπακογιάννη, διαμορφώνεται ένα συγκεκριμένο χρονοδιάγραμμα με ενδιάμεσους σταθμούς.
Σύμφωνα με την Ντ. Μπακογιάννη ιδιαίτερης σημασίας είναι οι σαφείς και ξεκάθαρες αναφορές των συμπερασμάτων της Συνόδου στις υποχρεώσεις της Τουρκίας που αφορούν μεταξύ άλλων, τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα, τις θρησκευτικές ελευθερίες, τα μειονοτικά δικαιώματα, τις σχέσεις καλής γειτονίας και την ειρηνική επίλυση των διαφορών συμπεριλαμβανομένης της δυνατότητας προσφυγής στο Διεθνές Δικαστήριο της Χάγης.
Ολοκληρώνοντας η επικεφαλής της ελληνικής διπλωματίας ανέφερε ότι η σημερινή εξέλιξη, επιβεβαίωσε την ορθότητα της πολιτικής και της στρατηγικής της Ελλάδας με την Τουρκία να έχει σαφή ευρωπαϊκή προοπτική και κατάληξη στην ένταξή της στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση.

Ικανοποημένη και η Λευκωσία

Την ικανοποίησή του για το περιεχόμενο της απόφασης εξέφρασε ο υπουργός Εξωτερικών Γιώργος Λιλλήκας. Ο κ. Λιλλήκας παρατήρησε ότι η κυπριακή πλευρά πέτυχε τους στόχους που είχε θέσει. Ενας από τους πρώτους στόχους, όπως είπε, ήταν η αποσύνδεση του Κυπριακού από τις υποχρεώσεις της Τουρκίας. Ο στόχος αυτός επιτεύχθηκε, ανέφερε.
Ο δεύτερος στόχος ήταν να διασφαλιστεί ότι τα εναπομείναντα κεφάλαια δεν θα ανοίγουν αυτόματα, αλλά με βάση τη γνωστή διαδικασία της διακυβερνητικής διάσκεψης και της ομοφωνίας. Και αυτός ο στόχος επιτεύχθηκε.
Τέλος, ο τρίτος στόχος που ήταν ένα ραντεβού αξιολόγησης της προόδου της Τουρκίας επιτεύχθηκε επίσης, μετέδωσε το Κυπριακό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων.

Αγκυρα: Υπομονή και περίσκεψη

Προτού λάβει οποιαδήποτε θέση έναντι της συμβιβαστικής συμφωνίας των υπουργών Εξωτερικών της ΕΕ η Αγκυρα θα εξετάσει προσεκτικά το κείμενό της, ανακοίνωσε ο εκπρόσωπος του τουρκικού ΥΠΕΞ Ναμίκ Ταν.
Ο εκπρόσωπος της τουρκικής κυβέρνησης, Τσεμίλ Τσιτσέκ, απηύθυνε έκκληση προς την κοινή γνώμη της χώρας του για υπομονή, εκτιμώντας ότι υπάρχει ακόμη χρόνος μέχρι το τέλος της συνόδου κορυφής της ΕΕ, την Παρασκευή. «Ας παρακολουθήσουμε με υπομονή και ηρεμία» τις εξελίξεις, συνέστησε και κατηγόρησε «ορισμένα μέλη» της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, χωρίς να τα κατονομάσει, ότι «προσπαθούν να μπλοκάρουν το δρόμο της Τουρκίας».

Πηγές: news.in.gr, με πληροφορίες από Associated Press, ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ, ΚΥΠΕ
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Postby turkkan » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:35 pm

Eight Chapters Frozen in Negotiations, EU Train Still on Track
By Selcuk Gultasli, Brussels
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
zaman.com


European Union foreign ministers have finally reached a deal on Turkey after days of discussions.

Convening in Brussels, the foreign ministers unanimously decided to freeze Turkey's EU accession negotiations in eight chapters in agreement with the European Commission’s recommendation.


Demands by Turkey’s opponents to increase the number of chapters frozen and set a

deadline were rejected and positive signals were given on Turkey.


Foreign ministers also agreed to review the EU decision on restarting the Cyprus reconciliation process with the United Nations and ending the economic isolation on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).


Greece, the Greek Cypriot administration, Austria and the Netherlands, which had previously lobbied for a harsher decision against Turkey, announced they were satisfied with yesterday’s verdict, but diplomatic circles state the decisions sent a light message to Turkey.


The EU foreign ministers’ meeting yesterday nearly ended prematurely as the Greek Cypriot administration continually rejected any decision on direct trade regulations.


The Greek Cypriot administration is reported to have agreed only following great pressure.


Turkey will not be discussed at the EU leaders summit to be held on Dec. 14-15, only the expression, “The Council of Europe approves the decision on enlargement taken by the foreign ministers on Dec. 11,” will be mentioned.


The general expectation for Monday’s meeting was that discussions would conclude without a consensus and the Turkey issue would be left to the summit.


Diplomatic sources stated that the Greek Cypriot administration in particular did not agree to review the EU decision dated April 26, 2004 on restarting the reconciliation process under the United Nations and ending the economic isolation of the TRNC, though this was eventually prevented with Sweden’s help and the Greek Cypriot administration conceded.


The three important decisions reached by the foreign ministers are as follows:


Indefinite deadline: The EU followed the Commission’s recommendation on Nov.29 and approved freezing Turkey’s talks in eight chapters.


EU term president Finland stepped back from its formula of a “dateless rendezvous” in the draft proposal it sent to member states at the weekend and decided the evaluation would be made by the Commission in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

The unclear paragraph that notes that the Council would “follow and review” developments within the September 21 Declaration on the basis of the Commission’s reporting will now say: “The Council invites the Commission to discuss this issue in the yearly progress report particularly in 2007, 2008 and 2009.”




Some countries feel this paragraph actually means “rendezvous” whereas the majority maintain there is no “rendezvous” mentioned in the wording.


Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt both maintained that no “rendezvous” decision was made.


Monday’s decisions also emphasized that as chapters are completed they should be opened for actual negotiations.


Upon Greece’s insistence, the decision points out that problems encountered on borders should be solved by referring to the UN Convention and the International Court of Justice if necessary.


UN process: A presidential statement will be released to enliven the UN process. This statement, which the current EU term president Finland will possibly note in the Council minutes, will ask both parties on the island to lend support to the efforts of the UN Secretary-General for “an extensive solution” under the auspices of the United Nations.


Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said that the Cypriot Greek side opposed the United Nations’ call and he noted that he found it very strange that the Greeks could find the UN’s call unacceptable. The EU presidency will ask both parties to re-launch UN talks.


The EU council decision dated April 26, 2004 and its promises given to Turkey:


Monday’s EU meeting focused on the EU council decision dated April 26, 2004 despite severe opposition from the Cypriot Greek side.


Bildt said that Monday’s EU meeting was dominated by this subject and added that the Greek side found this recommendation unacceptable.


The issue of removing isolations came to the EU table again, “after a long while,” explained Bildt.


The decision regarding the EU council decision dated April 26, 2004 has been postponed until January following concerns by the Greek side that an association may be established between Turkey’s responsibilities and direct trade regulations.


The decision to be released in January will stress that direct trade regulations cannot be implemented. The Council will expectedly call for the implementation of direct trade regulations “without any delay.”


Tuomioja answers Buyukanit: Our only addressee is the government


Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja held a news conference after the EU Council meeting on Monday where he fielded questions about Turkish Chief of General Staff Yasar Buyukanit’s statements. Tuomioja said that this was Turkey’s domestic issue as he stressed that their only interlocutor was the democratically elected Turkish parliament.


EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, who seemed pleased with the council’s decision, expressed that Turkey’s EU membership will show that Islam, the second biggest religion in Europe, is in harmony with European values such as democracy and human rights.
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Postby turkkan » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:36 pm

I must say kifeas, all that ranting for the past year about the ROC stopping turkeys negotiations, etc etc, dosent really seem to have worked out that great.
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Postby Kikapu » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:52 pm

turkkan wrote:Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said that the Cypriot Greek side opposed the United Nations’ call and he noted that he found it very strange that the Greeks could find the UN’s call unacceptable. The EU presidency will ask both parties to re-launch UN talks. .


Can we all agree at last, that RoC only wants to use EU muscle against Turkey, and any settlement talks over Cyprus, and try to stay clear from the UN. Further delays I'm certain. So I guess Piratis is correct, the RoC does not want to solve the Cypriot problem, as long as Turkey is able to stand on it's own two feet.!!
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Postby Strahd » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:00 pm

Kikapu wrote:Can we all agree at last, that RoC only wants to use EU muscle against Turkey, and any settlement talks over Cyprus, and try to stay clear from the UN. Further delays I'm certain. So I guess Piratis is correct, the RoC does not want to solve the Cypriot problem, as long as Turkey is able to stand on it's own two feet.!!


No Kikapu we want a European Turkey because this will put an end to the suffering that an Islamic/nationalistic/anachronistic third world Turkey has brought to the region.
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Postby Kikapu » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:13 pm

Strahd wrote:
Kikapu wrote:Can we all agree at last, that RoC only wants to use EU muscle against Turkey, and any settlement talks over Cyprus, and try to stay clear from the UN. Further delays I'm certain. So I guess Piratis is correct, the RoC does not want to solve the Cypriot problem, as long as Turkey is able to stand on it's own two feet.!!


No Kikapu we want a European Turkey because this will put an end to the suffering that an Islamic/nationalistic/anachronistic third world Turkey has brought to the region.


I would not hold my breath waiting for a "European Turkey" to emerge for a long, long and long time, not unless you partitioned Turkey into two, a West and East.

Do you really want to wait that long to find a solution to Cyprus.??
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Postby Strahd » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:23 pm

Tough shit then...
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Postby Kikapu » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:43 pm

Strahd wrote:Tough shit then...


Yes, exactly. The only problem you're not able to comprehend is, it is going to be Cypriots tough shit, not Turkeys.

I can see, you really care about your country or it's people....not..!!
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Postby Piratis » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:59 pm

So I guess Piratis is correct, the RoC does not want to solve the Cypriot problem, as long as Turkey is able to stand on it's own two feet.!!


That is not exactly what I said. What I said was that today the balance of power favors Turkey and that any proposal that is made by the USA (Turkeys ally and the one behind things like Annan plan) would favor Turkey. Such proposal will be (just like Annan plan) a solution for TCs and Turkey but not a solution for the rest of Cypriots.

So it is not that RoC doesn't want a true solution, but that a true solution is currently impossible.

The balance of power will change, as it can't stay constant. Now you might say that this change could favor Turkey. This is could be the case, until the next change, but eventually our turn will come as well.

So to cut a long story short, we will not sign away our country, never, and we will wait for the first chance available to take it back. If we don't sign it away, when the time will come to take it back (the time that the balance of power will favor this) we will do it, and nobody will be able to complain as we would just be enforcing legality.
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Postby Viewpoint » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:09 pm

Piratis wrote:
So I guess Piratis is correct, the RoC does not want to solve the Cypriot problem, as long as Turkey is able to stand on it's own two feet.!!


That is not exactly what I said. What I said was that today the balance of power favors Turkey and that any proposal that is made by the USA (Turkeys ally and the one behind things like Annan plan) would favor Turkey. Such proposal will be (just like Annan plan) a solution for TCs and Turkey but not a solution for the rest of Cypriots.

So it is not that RoC doesn't want a true solution, but that a true solution is currently impossible.

The balance of power will change, as it can't stay constant. Now you might say that this change could favor Turkey. This is could be the case, until the next change, but eventually our turn will come as well.

So to cut a long story short, we will not sign away our country, never, and we will wait for the first chance available to take it back. If we don't sign it away, when the time will come to take it back (the time that the balance of power will favor this) we will do it, and nobody will be able to complain as we would just be enforcing legality.


Absoulutely Piratis its your right to wait for the swing you long for and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait........... :wink:
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