Is the climate changing?

The separate meetings with Turkish and Greek Cypriot negotiators held by French Foreign Ministry executives in Paris created some nerve on the Greek Cypriot side. In the very near future, negotiators Kudret Özersay and Andreas Mavroyannis will travel to London, for talks at the foreign office there…

Worse is in the bag for Greek Cypriots; the British are already working on plans to invite President Derviş Eroğlu of the Turkish Cypriot state for a “working visit,” during which, not with the queen or the prime minister, but the foreign secretary and some top executives of British foreign policy mechanism will have negotiations on the settlement prospects in Cyprus with their guest from the Turkish Cypriot state.

The details and timing of Eroğlu’s London visit have not yet been completed, but neither Britain has such an intention, nor do Turkish Cypriots have an expectation to see a change in the Cyprus policies of the United Kingdom.

As was demonstrated during the trip to the island by American Vice President Joe Biden, Greek Cypriots are obsessed with their “sole legitimate government of Cyprus” status and always live with the phobia that some outside elements might help Turkish Cypriots elevate the status of their non-recognized state.

The visit to South Africa, social contacts in Brussels, trips to elsewhere, including European bodies, including heavyweights of the European Union such as France, Britain and Germany are heralding the opening of a new era that might seriously upset the nerves of the micro-nationalists and fascists in the southern part of the island, as Turkish Cypriots are becoming more visible on the world stage, even though their state is...

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