Foreign Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün

No1Doyen


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18/03/2011 21:50

Foreign Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün has said that the Greek Cypriot side’s ongoing efforts to explore natural gas and oil off the coast of Cyprus were not aiding the ongoing Cyprus negotiations process.

Speaking at the end of yesterday’s Council of Ministers meeting, Mr. Özgürgün said that the government was closely following the events concerning the Greek Cypriot side’s efforts towards natural gas exploration on the island.

No1Doyen


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18/03/2011 21:50

‘The Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias during his Israel visit signed a variety of agreements regarding exploration of the island’s natural resources and made a call on Israel to pressure Turkey’, said Özgürgün.



He expressed the view that the ongoing negotiations will ultimately end in failure if the Greek Cypriot side continues to regard the Turks of Cyprus as a minority on the island and does not change this vision.

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
18/03/2011 22:13

pass the buck ....................................is the name of the game!



I have said it before,



All the while self/side gain is the piority,no part will get anywhere.Bit like vicious circle..............or more like triangle in this case.