Decision Time for the Greek Cypriots
By James Ker-Lindsay
15 Jan 2008
Over three and a half years have passed since a reunification plan put forward by the United Nations was overwhelmingly rejected by the Greek Cypriots. Since then, efforts to restart talks have come to very little.
However, Cyprus remains a problem – if not for the wider international community, then certainly for Europe. Apart from representing an on-going obstacle to Turkey’s accession process, the on-going division also represents a barrier to regional stability in the eastern Mediterranean. But as Greek Cypriots prepare to go to the polls in February to elect a new president, the problem is that they still do not know what they really want from a settlement, or whether they want one at all.
15 Jan 2008
Over three and a half years have passed since a reunification plan put forward by the United Nations was overwhelmingly rejected by the Greek Cypriots. Since then, efforts to restart talks have come to very little.
However, Cyprus remains a problem – if not for the wider international community, then certainly for Europe. Apart from representing an on-going obstacle to Turkey’s accession process, the on-going division also represents a barrier to regional stability in the eastern Mediterranean. But as Greek Cypriots prepare to go to the polls in February to elect a new president, the problem is that they still do not know what they really want from a settlement, or whether they want one at all.
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