It is time for Cypriots to solve their problems without foreign interference .... and that must involve withdrawal of the Turkish army of occupation from its sovereign territory. Of course Turkey's military do not like that idea !
July 20th 2009 marked the 35th year anniversary since Turkey invaded and occupied 37% of the island of Cyprus. If only the USA and Britain would use the same rhetoric over Turkey's continuing occupation of Cyprus as they were doing a year ago in demanding that Russia should respect Georgia's sovereignty, there would not still be a Cyprus problelm! While upgrading the relationship with Turkey, will the Obama administration dare use the words 'withdraw Turkish forces from Cyprs', and will the EU insist on actual progress being made during its December appraisal of Turkey's EU prospects or will the mere existence of talks with Armenia, the Kurds and Cyprus, despite the lack of actual solutions be used as an excuse to appease Turkey yet again? Good information on the latest regarding Cyprus talks is available from the debate led by Andrew Dismore MP at Westminister on 10th November 2009 available online at: http://bit.ly/3sipMi (clickable from the links section below).