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[turkcyp]

wasted energy,for the zillionth time there will be no direct trade with the north by eu or another countries(exept turkey)until a lasting solution that suites both sides is reached or the t/c adopt the proposels of the ROC concerning famagusta port.

There will be both direct trade and direct flights to north in 2005. I do not know if there will be a olution by then though....

[boulio]

the only trade will be thru the green line and the only flights landing will be from turkey.

[boulio]

there is no taiwan model of third country status for the trnc,if there is a security resolution passed then maybe,but it will never pass with russia(dont think they agreed with turkey because they signed some contracts)and china(which will be directly affected ie taiwan)by voting for such a resolution.the roc made a sincere offer to the trnc and turkey which they blew off concerning famagusta,thats your best offer.Even the US who nowadays does everything unilateral has done jack sqate for the trnc,oh im sorry i read today that they are giving a whole 30 million dollars to the trnc.big hoops.how much was the money that went to the north from transcation with the south in 2004 80 million pounds,alot better dont you think?and thats only the begining so i suggest stop playing political games because its gettig the trnc nowere fast and turkeys is on the clock.

[-mikkie2-]

My take on this is that the batton will be handed to the British in their EU term presidency in the 2nd half of the year.

In my mind there does not appear to be a legal means to bring about direct trade. This is down to the current UN resolutions which recognise the RoC as the legitimate government of the whole island and as such it is the sole entity responsible for ports in its territory.

The only way for direct trade to happen is for the UN to pass a resolution to effectively downgrade the status of the RoC. This quite frankly will work against all Cypriots. As boulio has rightly said, Russia will probably veto such a move and China, which herself is affected by the status of Taiwan, will veto as well. And then there is the French...

The end result will be egg on face for the British. If they are determined to do it, then Cyprus will simply go to the Europen Court of Justice. The EU cannot break its own rules at the end of the day because it will loose its credibility.

Turkey is obviously playing a big political game because it is doing everything it can to stop trade through the Green Line from working. For example, it stops Greek Cypriots from selling goods in the north by putting huge duties on products. Yet, the Turkish Cypriots are free to use all facilities provided by the state for free, it allows them to work, and it allows them to trade products without paying VAT.