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[boomerang]

Israel rejects Turkey's Cyprus request

By Adar Primor

Israel told a visiting Cypriot minister that it has decided to reject Turkey's request to open a Turkish Cypriot representative office in Tel Aviv.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul had asked President Shimon Peres for approval for such an office during Peres' visit to Ankara last month. Advertisement


Gul and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also asked Peres to examine the possibility of operating air and sea traffic between Israel and Famagusta in North Cyprus.

Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, who visited Israel this week, told Haaretz that Peres and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told her Israel would reject Turkey's requests. (Full interview on Sunday.)

Israeli officials confirmed this. "We are aware of the sensitivities and have no intention of deviating from the accepted UN position," an official said.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when the Greek military junta then ruling in Athens supported a coup against the democratic Cypriot government. Turkey then invaded Cyprus and occupied the northern half of the Island. In 1983 the Turkish minority (Turkish Republic of North Cyprus - TRNC) declared independence, but the world, apart from Turkey, does not recognize it and sees the area as occupied territory of sovereign Cyprus.

Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis officially visited Israel to be briefed on developments in the peace process and to explore bilateral relations. Unofficially, according to sources involved in her visit, she also wanted to ensure Cyprus was not harmed by the warming relations between Israel and Turkey.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/932117.html

Even back doors ain't opening for the turks...

[phoenix]

Israel rejects Turkey's Cyprus request

By Adar Primor

Israel told a visiting Cypriot minister that it has decided to reject Turkey's request to open a Turkish Cypriot representative office in Tel Aviv.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul had asked President Shimon Peres for approval for such an office during Peres' visit to Ankara last month. Advertisement


Gul and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also asked Peres to examine the possibility of operating air and sea traffic between Israel and Famagusta in North Cyprus.

Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, who visited Israel this week, told Haaretz that Peres and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told her Israel would reject Turkey's requests. (Full interview on Sunday.)

Israeli officials confirmed this. "We are aware of the sensitivities and have no intention of deviating from the accepted UN position," an official said.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when the Greek military junta then ruling in Athens supported a coup against the democratic Cypriot government. Turkey then invaded Cyprus and occupied the northern half of the Island. In 1983 the Turkish minority (Turkish Republic of North Cyprus - TRNC) declared independence, but the world, apart from Turkey, does not recognize it and sees the area as occupied territory of sovereign Cyprus.

Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis officially visited Israel to be briefed on developments in the peace process and to explore bilateral relations. Unofficially, according to sources involved in her visit, she also wanted to ensure Cyprus was not harmed by the warming relations between Israel and Turkey.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/932117.html

Even back doors ain't opening for the turks...

They must be feeling seriously embarrassed (if they had morals) with their begging bowls remaining empty.

Wouldn't it just be easier to behave in a more civilised way, if they want to play ball.

[boomerang]

the morals are only reserved for the few chosen ones

[utu]

the morals are only reserved for the few chosen ones

And who would they be?

[Get Real!]

the morals are only reserved for the few chosen ones

And who would they be?

Certainly not Turkish Cypriots hiding behind a Canadian guise...

[utu]

GR, I'm not a Turkish Cypriot. For a person who claims to be intelligent, you can really miss the mark at times. In any case, I do not espouse northern independence. I thought I made that one clear. Reconciliation is the only thing long-term that will work. Not the 'Yemen Solution' that Expatkiwi espouses, or the 'Taiwan Solution' that T/C's think is acheivable. What is needed is a 'Cyprus Solution'. We are here on this forum to discuss how such a solution can work.

[Cliff]

Cyprus dosen't have many friends, i suppose we are small and not one of the worlds biggest armies, but we cannot aford enemies in the international front. UN says it's illegal but it doesn't suit anyone to stand by us, and all the so called friends want us to please turkey with a state of their own on the island. The fact is CYPRUS FOR CYPRIOTS...TURKEY FOR TURKS
thanks for original post, they can't deny it is illegal for turkey to be there, even if they are Very powerful

[phoenix]

Cyprus dosen't have many friends, i suppose we are small and not one of the worlds biggest armies, but we cannot aford enemies in the international front. UN says it's illegal but it doesn't suit anyone to stand by us, and all the so called friends want us to please turkey with a state of their own on the island. The fact is CYPRUS FOR CYPRIOTS...TURKEY FOR TURKS
thanks for original post, they can't deny it is illegal for turkey to be there, even if they are Very powerful

The only "so called friends" that want a state of their own in Cyprus are the Turk-TCs who pretend they are Cypriots but fraternise with Turkey.

TCs are Turks first .... they have proved this. They are NOT friends of Cyprus.

[paliometoxo]

hahaha HAHAHA way to go Israel good call DD

[Expatkiwi]

Cyprus dosen't have many friends, i suppose we are small and not one of the worlds biggest armies, but we cannot aford enemies in the international front. UN says it's illegal but it doesn't suit anyone to stand by us, and all the so called friends want us to please turkey with a state of their own on the island. The fact is CYPRUS FOR CYPRIOTS...TURKEY FOR TURKS
thanks for original post, they can't deny it is illegal for turkey to be there, even if they are Very powerful

The only "so called friends" that want a state of their own in Cyprus are the Turk-TCs who pretend they are Cypriots but fraternise with Turkey.

TCs are Turks first .... they have proved this. They are NOT friends of Cyprus.

Can't it be equally said that Greek Cypriots fraternize with Greece?