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Friday, December 07, 2007

Cyprus gains some leverage on Turkey

"Cyprus gains some leverage on Turkey

07/12/2007 Cyprus, in its capacity as a European Union member, seems to have gained some leverage for the first time against Turkey, which occupies the country’s northern part, Cyprus' Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis has said. Speaking on ''Addressing the Cyprus Question Today: New Content for the Choice of Multilateralism'', at an event in New York, organised by the Hellenic American Bankers' Association on Tuesday, Mavroyiannis said ''effective multilateralism is an important component of the common security strategy of the EU and the core thought of the European approach to international relations and for the EU, multilateralism constitutes a matter of principle, a nonnegotiable starting point.''"

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