(If) Turkey continues not to implement (EU rules and regulations) ... its path towards the European Union will end. |
Clearly Britain cannot be an objective mediator on the Cyprus problem. Britain no longer has the required credibility. |
The aim of COREPER is to enhance co-operation between the two communities of the island and create a better climate, so as to increase the chance of resumption of talks for a settlement on the Cyprus problem. |
This shows the attitude of Turkey and its political culture, which reaffirms how wise we were to reject the (U.N. Secretary General Kofi) Annan plan. |
We cannot but welcome this effort of the Secretary General. It is something the President of the Republic himself has repeatedly requested from the Secretary General. Our effort is to avoid a hasty new process of negotiations,which would fail in no time, because that would be a catastrophe for Cyprus. That is why we are insisting on properly preparing the ground, creating the necessary conditions so that when a new process begins there would truly be realistic prospects to lead this process to an agreed solution and this is what we expect the UN Secretary General to do. |