Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus

Cyprus Problem – Greece MFA: Just as Turkey abandoned the first Conference, in Geneva, it torpedoed the second

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Turkey bears “serious responsibilities” for the collapse of Cyprus talks in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, which has led to an impasse and the failure of the International Conference on Cyprus, revealing and reaffirming Turkey’s true intentions towards international law and UN resolutions.

The full statement of the Foreign Ministry is as follows:

Expecting tears from a dead eye

Metin Münir has always been a liberal and a very libertarian writer. He was an editor for Hürriyet Daily News. I always considered him as a well-respected colleague and an elder brother with whom I enjoyed discussing local and international political topics. Although most of the time, particularly on the Cyprus issue, we had confronting views.

As Crans Montana gets underway

Early this morning, the leaders of the two peoples of Cyprus and representatives of the three guarantor powers - Turkey, Greece and Britain - will come together for the last effort to try to forge a federal resolution for the Cyprus problem in accordance with the 1977 and 1979 high level agreements. The presence of the Turkish, Greek and British foreign ministers, as well as the observer EU's F

Everything the same on the Cyprus front

Things have started coalescing even as confusion in the mind is intensifying. Two days of talks in Ankara and Istanbul among Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other senior Turkish officials, including Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, have revealed that there will be no major change in positions in the Cyprus talks.

Difficulty of a Cyprus deal

At the front door of a five-star Ankara hotel, the ambassador of a not-so-big but influential Western country grabbed my arm with one hand and in a clear voice whispered into my ear: "You might be wrong… This time there might be a Cyprus deal. I want to believe so."

Facing reality in Cyprus

What is the reality on the land? What is the reality perceived by Turks or Greeks in Cyprus? Do they see the same reality? These and such questions that might appear odd to outsiders indeed touch the core of the Cyprus problem: a difference in perception.

Cyprus, from New York to Geneva...

Eyes and ears were fixed over the weekend on what will come out of U.N. headquarters in New York. Would Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı appear in front of the cameras with a face similar to the snapshot he gave to reporters at the last summit with former secretary-general Ban Ki-moon? Or would he smile this time? Would U.N.

Blame game in Cyprus

Commenting on the long expected and highly anticipated collapse of the Cyprus talks process, Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı placed the blame on the shoulders of his Greek Cypriot counterpart Nikos Anastasiades. After, Anastasiades shot back with an equally blunt statement, claiming it was Akıncı who objected the modality of the talks and landed the process in a deadlock.

President Pavlopoulos: The Cyprus dispute is not a national but an international & European problem

Whatever solution to the Cyprus problem must be compatible with the European law,” the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Wednesday said addressing the plenary session of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

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