GC's at it again, but they are picking on the wrong people this time

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
01/09/2009 20:28

Christofias in Syria in bid to stop ferry tours to KKTC

Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias on Monday had a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad upon his arrival in the Syrian capital for an official two-day visit.

No statement was released following the talks between Christofias and Assad. However, ahead of his departure from Nicosia on Sunday, Christofias said he would discuss developments concerning the Cyprus question and ask the help “of a friendly country in the Islamic conference,” in an apparent reference to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which has repeatedly and strongly called for the easing of the isolation of Turkish Cypriots.

Courtesy of http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-185750-100-christofias-in-syria-in-bid-to-stop-ferry-tours-to-kktc.html

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
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Message Posted:
01/09/2009 20:58

Why don't Mr Christofias keep his nose out.....none of his damned business what Syria chooses to do.....



Bully boy tactics from the greeks again

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
01/09/2009 21:02

Maybe he's trying for a religious alliance between the Greek Orthodox Church and Allah!



Richard

elko2



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Message Posted:
01/09/2009 21:05

The Greek Cypriots ask for a favour from these countries in return for support in EU for them, otherwise they imply that they will oppose them. Its a sort of blackmail which sometimes works.

ismet

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
01/09/2009 21:13

Ismet



Not even the Arabs are that stupid not to realise what the political motives are.



Richard

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
01/09/2009 21:21

Richard

I agree and seeing that Turkey was a founder member of the OIC then what ever gave the GC's the idea that they would have any sway with any other members of the aforementioned organisation. 'Egg on face' comes to mind.

AJ

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
01/09/2009 21:32

If anyone is not aware of what the OIC is about then check this link:

http://www.oic-oci.org/home.asp



And this is a strong organisation and getting stronger.



Aj

MUSIN M


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Posts: 1352

Message Posted:
01/09/2009 23:02

aj



i have said it before and i,ll say it again ,sometimes you have to move backwards in order to move



forwards ,the gc,s keep on the same policy,stance ,angle call it what you like ,that,s the way it



will go ,backwards.



it,s too much of a bitter pill for the gc,s to swallow ,where as for the tc,s they started moving forward



in 74.





musin



long live the kktc

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
02/09/2009 00:47

please god we live in hope xx

andre 514


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Message Posted:
02/09/2009 02:04

these miserable blockade tactics are a potentally double-edged sword

...piling legal spoiler on legal spoiler and intrigue upon intrigue



they have been quite successful in their narrow sort of way,

but have not moved us a milimeter nearer to the single-cyprus objective



while members of cyprus 44 twitter irrepressibly about referenda,

and wait with bated breath for an "outcome" to the talks programme

hammer blows batter the trnc's tourism, trading and social freedoms:

some are roc-inspired, but others relate to world events and local problems



all this is water off a duck's back to turkey, but there's the obvious danger

that legal manoevers will finally fail to deliver the goods:

and leave southern cypriots whining even more plaintively than they are now



well maybe syria will choose to play the gc game, maybe it won't

but make no mistake eventually the isolations and legal chip-chipping

will be subverted, because the mills of geopolitics grind exceedingly small

mmmmmm



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Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
02/09/2009 11:50

Dear AJ



IF this organisation is so "strong"..why have only two members ever attempted to recognise "TRNC"?



1/ TR - who we know about



2/ Pakistan - who voted against the UN Sec. Councils resolutions to decree "TRNC" legally invalid ?



The way to get the CY prob sorted is through a settlement - recognised by the UN.



Putting it simply.. this is an Islamic club that is talking.. the UN hold the key.. and it is an Orthodox Christian ( nation ( Russia) and a China that have to be convinced - unless the Cypriots can agree.



Agree that Christofias is wasting his time re the ferry - but Syria might come under EU pressure - as it seems that the numbers going Syria to Cyprus seem to be, so often, much less than the return trip?!