The Turkish Cypriot partner did not accept this attempted takeover of the binational State by the Greek Cypriot side and, through its national resistance, prevented the Greek Cypriot side from extending its authority over the Turkish Cypriot people.

But he cannot conceal realities, or mask the intransigence of the Greek Cypriot side.

This was an act of provocation against the Turkish Cypriot side and can clearly be explained by the ongoing escalation of hostility of the Greek Cypriot side towards the Turkish Cypriots.

We feel it our duty to bring to your attention and strongly protest the Greek Cypriot deputy's action.

Within a few years, the refugees were absorbed into the economy and society of the southern, Greek Cypriot sector of the island.

Such distortions are purely a Greek Cypriot invention aimed at blurring the issue and confusing the innocent with the guilty.

Each side has since ruled itself, while the Greek Cypriot side has continued to claim that it is the Government of Cyprus .

However, the Greek Cypriot side continues to refer to the Greek Cypriots residing in the North as enclaved with political considerations.

What would indeed be conducive to a better climate on the island would be for the Greek Cypriot side to stop arrogating to itself the rights and responsibilities it does not legally have, and to cease all hostilities towards the Turkish Cypriot people.

What would indeed be conducive to a better climate on the island would be for the Greek Cypriot side to stop arrogating to itself rights and responsibilities it does not legally have and to cease all hostilities towards the Turkish Cypriot people.

The reasons why the Greek Cypriot side rejected the plan are indeed well known to us, as well as to the United Nations and the EU.

Voters in the Turkish Cypriot north rejected the party of their leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, who has been meeting almost weekly for eight months with his Greek Cypriot counterpart, Demetris Christofias, to work out the terms of a settlement to reunify the island.

What would indeed be conducive to a better climate on the island would be for the Greek Cypriot side to stop arrogating to itself the rights and responsibilities it does not legally have, and to cease all hostilities towards the Turkish Cypriot people.

In the light of this undeniable fact, the Greek Cypriot side should cease to level untenable accusations against Turkey and to be reminded that its counterpart is, and has always been, the Turkish Cypriot side, not Turkey.

As a first step, the Greek Cypriot side, without further delay, should heed to your call and pronounce itself with clarity and finality on the questions you put to it.

Despite this call being reiterated by you on various occasions, it has not yet been properly responded to by the Greek Cypriot leadership.

Thus, the Greek Cypriot side should come up with better arguments to justify its rejection of the Annan plan, which had gathered the full support of the international community as a whole.

Such a move is not only a requirement for fairness in Cyprus, but is also the only way to create another window of opportunity from the present impasse that the Greek Cypriot side has created itself.

We hope and expect that the United Nations will do more to ensure that the Greek Cypriot side refrains from offensive behaviour, which increases the lack of confidence between the two peoples of the island.

The failure and the unwillingness of the Greek Cypriot side to do so clearly demonstrate that it is not interested in a mutually acceptable settlement, despite continuously professing to the contrary.

What would indeed be conducive to a better climate on the island would be for the Greek Cypriot side to stop arrogating onto itself rights and responsibilities it does not legally have and to cease all hostilities towards the Turkish Cypriot people.

What would indeed be conducive to a better climate on the island would be for the Greek Cypriot side to stop arrogating to itself the rights and responsibilities it does not legally have, and to cease all hostilities towards the Turkish Cypriot people.

This claim by the Greek Cypriot side is divorced from the existing realities in Cyprus, namely, the existence of two independent States, each exercising sovereignty and jurisdiction within and above its respective territory on the island.

This claim by the Greek Cypriot side is divorced from the existing realities in Cyprus, namely, the existence of two independent States, each exercising sovereignty and jurisdiction within and above its respective territory on the island.

Emphasizing deep regret to be informed of the statement by various Greek Cypriot officials mentioning the basic intention of the Greek Cypriot side which opposes a settlement for the Cyprus issue

This claim by the Greek Cypriot side is divorced from the existing realities in Cyprus, namely, the existence of two independent States, each exercising sovereignty and jurisdiction within and above its respective territory on the island.

This claim by the Greek Cypriot side is divorced from the existing realities in Cyprus, namely, the existence of two independent States, each exercising sovereignty and jurisdiction within and above its respective territory on the island.

This claim by the Greek Cypriot side is divorced from the existing realities in Cyprus, namely, the existence of two independent States, each exercising sovereignty and jurisdiction within and above its respective territory on the island.

Cypriot presidential elections this month may give a second term to Tasos Papadopoulos, the Greek Cypriot leader who led the No campaign in the 2004 reunification referendum.

Meanwhile, the Greek Cypriot side adopted special measures aimed at upgrading the provision of primary education for that community by hiring four Turkish Cypriot teachers to provide instruction in the language, culture and arts and crafts of Turkey.

The failure and the unwillingness of the Greek Cypriot side to do so clearly demonstrates that it is not, and has never been, interested in a mutually acceptable settlement, despite continuously professing to the contrary.

Expresses its profound disappointment that the Greek Cypriot side has failed to respond to the repeated calls of the UN Secretary General to reflect on their negative decision in the referendum and to be forthcoming towards finding a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus issue.

The failure and the unwillingness of the Greek Cypriot side to do so clearly demonstrates that it is not, and has never been, interested in a mutually acceptable settlement, despite continuously professing to the contrary.

The rejection of the plan by the Greek Cypriot side in the referendum held in Cyprus on 24 April 2004 and the following accession of the Greek Cypriots to the European Union created an entirely new situation on the island.

In March, UNFICYP received a written commitment from the Greek Cypriot side that a Turkish elementary school would be established in Limassol for the Turkish Cypriot community, and UNFICYP continues to discuss with the relevant authorities the modalities for implementing that commitment.

Acts of provocation and violation of the buffer zone from the Greek Cypriot side do not promote reconciliation, especially at a time when we, on our part, have taken bold steps towards fostering confidence and good neighbourly relations between the two sides on the island.

Furthermore, the continuing blockage by the Greek Cypriot leadership of the approval by the European Council of the two draft regulations of the Commission (namely direct trade and financial aid regulations) and similar hostile policies of the Greek Cypriot side cannot be considered as promoting the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot people.

Anyone visiting the Greek Cypriot part of the island nowadays will not find refugee camps most of the millions of tourists are unaware of the fact that more than a third of the Greek Cypriots they encounter are refugees or descendants of refugees.

The declaration of 2005 as the Year for the Remembrance and Honouring of EOKA Liberation Struggle and the realization of the Nikiforos military exercise in October 2005, after several years of restraint, are just two examples of the Greek Cypriot side's hostile policies.

Reforming Greek Reform

The Greek Cypriot representative may choose to ignore the fact that these parameters, and more, were all included in the Annan Plan, which the overwhelming majority of the Greek Cypriot people, instigated by their leadership, have rejected as your former Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, pointed out to the Security Council.

The rise of Buddhism and the Persian and Greek influence led to the development of the Greco Buddhist style, starting from the 1st century CE.

I would like to bring to your kind attention an unfortunate provocative incident that took place yesterday when the Greek Cypriot parliamentarian, Marios Matsakis, who is also a member of the European Parliament, removed the Turkish flag from an unmanned observation post in Akincilar village, violating also the integrity of the buffer zone in the course of his hostile action.

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