WiKi Leaks -Criticism of ROC Complacency + pressure on Turkey

greenman


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Message Posted:
28/11/2010 21:32

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/250705

newlad



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Message Posted:
28/11/2010 22:08

The words devil and deep blue sea spring to mind,

Paul.

rdsteve


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Message Posted:
28/11/2010 22:19

Urged higher profile USG involvement in the Cyprus reunification talks,



Where in the only sentence about Cyprus does that say the RoC is complacent?. Are there not 2 sides in these talks or am i mistaken on this. More sensationalism from Greenman just to grab the headlines to get people to read it. Put the facts in not what you personally would like to see

greenman


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Message Posted:
28/11/2010 23:53

No offence taken rdsteve, as I assume you didn't receive all of the link so have posted the paragraph that I referred to below:

10. (C) He regretted perceived Greek Cypriot complacency regarding the island's reunification talks: EU "membership makes them invulnerable." Greek Cypriots, he said, want the world to forget the progress achieved by the Annan Plan in 2004. They pretend relations between the island's two communities are an internal affair, even though, by treaty, it's been an international issue for 50 years. Talat's cross-voting proposal, Sinirlioglu continued, should have been a breakthrough, but the Greek Cypriots failed to react. Downer is frustrated, Sinirlioglu alleged, and so are the Turkish Cypriots. He implied the island's Turkish community would register its frustration by voting out Talat as TRNC "president" in April. He renewed Turkey's appeal for higher profile direct USG involvement in the negotiations.

rdsteve


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Message Posted:
29/11/2010 07:50

Apologies greenman i only got the bit that i posted. Think the wiki leaks on what America has said about the rest of the worlds leaders will haunt them for very long time. Doller to plunge today mind you it takes the heat of of other countries going down the pan

greenman


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Message Posted:
29/11/2010 13:07

Famagusta Gazette artricle on the leaks:

http://famagusta-gazette.com/cyprus-downer-is-frustrated-greek-cypriots-are-invulnerable-wikileaks-p11023-69.htm

greenman


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Message Posted:
29/11/2010 13:14

And an interesting article on the folly of allowing the Cyprus problem to continue in Todays Zaman.

http://www.todayszaman.com/columnist-228204-cyprus-and-the-nato-eu-divide.html

BrightonJim


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Message Posted:
30/11/2010 15:52

Some excellent posts. Thanks for doing the research and sharing it.