Get Real! wrote:Kikapu wrote:Once there are pipes going to Greece also, then Cyprus can play one against the other to get the best deal on the transitional fees. Much like what Russia is planning to do with Ukraine and Turkey.
This keeps Greece honest also, because both Turkey and Greece will know what the penalty will be if they tried to do extortion on the RoC.
I don’t know if the government of Cyprus is capable of playing such games and coming out on top…
I hope that if such a plan ever comes to pass they'll stick by their commitments and see it through for everyone's sake...
We all knew that any large deposits finds in the RoC's EEZ was going to be a "game changer" for the Cyprus Problems. Turkey, along with the TCs, knows that more than anyone else, hence their immediate panic reactions to the Nobles drilling few months back. The RoC, if it wanted, can set many options in motion by using the Hydrocarbons to cut deals left and right, and what you have suggested can be just one of them, even though you virtually gave the store away with your generosity to Turkey. It needs to be adjusted to a more sensible business deal. Perhaps giving credit to Turkey for all the money she has spent on infrastructure in the north since 74, paid with energy until the balance is zero. If it means getting Turkey out of Cyprus, all options should be considered of course, and pipes going through Turkey or Greece would not make any difference to Cyprus, since we will need to pay one or the other for that privilege, so lets have them both. Turkey can also benefit in removing many obstacles in her EU path, regardless what some other countries in the EU think of Turkey. That would be on Turkey to sort her problems with those countries and the EU for her EU path.
