Monday, October 19, 2009

Hugh Pope: Time Runs Out for Cypriot Solution - WSJ.com

"Time Runs Out For Cypriot Solution
After April, the next phase of the dispute could be hostile partition.

By HUGH POPE

Is it not a paradox, Greek Cypriot President Demetris Christofias asked in full rhetorical flight before the United Nations General Assembly last month, that Turkey should now have a seat on the U.N. Security Council? The apparent contradiction, of course, being that Turkish troops have occupied one third of Mr. Christofias's Mediterranean island country—a European Union member no less—for 35 years, despite U.N. resolutions demanding their withdrawal."

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