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[Bananiot]

In the space of a week, it was revealed just now that Papadopoulos has sent two letters to Talat begging for a face to face meeting! Two weeks ago he was scornful of anybody calling for such a meeting that would "serve only communication purposes".

[-mikkie2-]

Bananiot,

It serves no purpose for you to react in this way. Rather analyse the situation and accept that this is a good move.

This step can only be seen as positive because Papadopoulos has gradually realised that he has to take the initiative. We have been on the defensive for so long now, this comes as a breath of fresh air.

Remember a while back when we met, that we talked about the bridge and that Talat was told to take the bridge away and see if Papadopoulos would do the same with the wall? Well, he did. And it actually showed that we are not the reason why Ledra street isn't open. It showed that the problem in this instance is the Turkish army.

It is clear that the international community supports the July 8th process and so Papadopoulos needs to take the opportunity and show that we mean business and to force the Turks to make decisions. He has finally thrown the ball back to them. Lets see what the Turks will come back with.

[cypezokyli]

ofcource it is a positive step.

but as i said in the other thread, tpap is not in a position to realise the factor timing.

instead of an immidiate demolition of the bridge, it took him months to do that, and he did it in the middle of the night!! he only appeared as realising something too late, and even worse, it didnt seem as his own initiative but as a result of pressure.

the same thing now. all the time before, he repeatetly called such meeting as useless (koffee meetings). now, even if his motives are honest, he only appears to have election motives.

and even worse, he implicitly accepts, that all the others were right.
kasoulides said for example only last week, that he is not afraid to talk to talat. do you remember what the goverment gang responded to that ?
"the key lies in turkey"

if the key lies in turkey, why the hell does he now want to meet with talat ?

[-mikkie2-]

[DM]

T I M I N G ! ! !

In almost all cases where political decisions need to be taken, there are two crucial factors that will decide the outcome of the decision. These are the decision itself (content) nad the timing!

I am afraid to say that Tassos has proved once again that he is just capable of taking decisions only when shit hits the fan and only when he panics. Christofias has confessed that he has been trying to convince Tassos to meet Talat and bring down the wall for ages and the response has always been a stubborn No. Only when he started panicking he would decide to make a move and only once it was too late. The guy is a stubborn 1960's politician who has always tried to portrait itself as the "know-it-all" ethnarch. No surprise that the offer to meet Talat comes at a time that Akel split from the tri-partite coalition. The move is clearly a move that seeks to remove arguments from Akel in the light of the forthcoming elections. In my opinion it is clearly another act of panic that makes him look even more ridiculous in the eyes of the public opinion.

[-mikkie2-]

[pg]

It more reminds me of Dec 2003...

Papadopoulos is trying to lay blame on the other side, and dimplomatic circles puts pressure on him that he at least needs to send a letter asking to proceed with negotiations. He does so - since he assumes the other side will reject.

[-mikkie2-]

pg, what relevance does this have on AKEL and Christofias? I am saying if AKEL saw that things were not going right, even from the very beginning, why did they chose to sit on their arses and not say or do anything?

Instead we head into Europe thinking that we can just rely on the law to make headway with the Cyprus Problem and ignoring the political aspects of the problem inside Europe.

To me, this is where things have gone badly wrong because we have the advantage of circulating the corridorrs of power in Brussells and not taking advatnage that power can bring.

[pg]

I agree with you. My point was just that I do not think Papadopoulos with the letter is trying a smart move - I think he is just chased by events.

[-mikkie2-]

[Kifeas]

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[Mete]

[Bananiot]

Thank you Mete, I am very proud to have you as a brother and a friend.

[boulio]