Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ANKARA890
2008-05-08 12:18:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKEY: U/S APAKAN PREVIEWS CYPRUS GRIEVANCES TO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 000890
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/06/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV CY TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY: U/S APAKAN PREVIEWS CYPRUS GRIEVANCES TO
BE RAISED WITH TROIKA DELEGATION
Classified By: Ambassador Ross Wilson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 000890
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/06/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV CY TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY: U/S APAKAN PREVIEWS CYPRUS GRIEVANCES TO
BE RAISED WITH TROIKA DELEGATION
Classified By: Ambassador Ross Wilson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) During a May 5 meeting on various subjects, Turkish
MFA U/S Apakan outlined GOT concerns about Cyprus that he
planned to raise with the EU Troika during its May 6 meetings
in Ankara. His purpose was not to complain, but to highlight
areas where Greek Cypriots and President Christofias are
acting unhelpfully. Apakan bemoaned that Cyprus is using its
EU membership as leverage against both Turkey and the
"Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)." Furthermore,
he argued the Greek Cypriots' efforts to evoke EU
jurisdiction on broader Cyprus issues is an ill-disguised
attempt to link Turkey's accession aspirations to a
settlement. If Christofias has legitimate problems with the
negotiations, he should address them with Talat, not the GOT.
2. (C) Apakan planned to report five specific examples of
Greek Cypriot counter-productive behavior. First, the ROC
has prohibited high-level EU representatives from meeting
with "TRNC President" Talat. The policy that Papadopoulos
adopted in 2004, Apakan claimed, Christofias has chosen to
continue. Second, Christofias has pursued legal claims
against two projects extended to the Turkish Cypriots under
EU financial protocol. The EU Court of Justice's agreement
protects EU companies on both sides. Third, Christofias has
endeavored to make Turkish implementation of European Court
of Human Rights decisions a benchmark required to open
Chapter 23 on judicial and basic rights. This is something
new and an additional Greek Cypriot demand that extends
beyond the eight chapters that were frozen at Nicosia's
insistence in 2006. Fourth, Apakan noted Christofias has
created an "unfriendly tone" by frequently criticizing
Turkey, adding that the GOT has refrained from replying and
"microphone diplomacy." Finally, the Greek Cypriots are
reportedly trying to amend long-standing EU policy that
refers to future accommodation in the form of a comprehensive
settlement and interest in Cyprus having one voice and
sufficiently strong institution to be effective in the union.
Changes proposed by the Greek Cypriots aim to modify this to
provide for their continued dominance in post-unification
institutions.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey
WILSON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/06/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV CY TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY: U/S APAKAN PREVIEWS CYPRUS GRIEVANCES TO
BE RAISED WITH TROIKA DELEGATION
Classified By: Ambassador Ross Wilson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) During a May 5 meeting on various subjects, Turkish
MFA U/S Apakan outlined GOT concerns about Cyprus that he
planned to raise with the EU Troika during its May 6 meetings
in Ankara. His purpose was not to complain, but to highlight
areas where Greek Cypriots and President Christofias are
acting unhelpfully. Apakan bemoaned that Cyprus is using its
EU membership as leverage against both Turkey and the
"Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)." Furthermore,
he argued the Greek Cypriots' efforts to evoke EU
jurisdiction on broader Cyprus issues is an ill-disguised
attempt to link Turkey's accession aspirations to a
settlement. If Christofias has legitimate problems with the
negotiations, he should address them with Talat, not the GOT.
2. (C) Apakan planned to report five specific examples of
Greek Cypriot counter-productive behavior. First, the ROC
has prohibited high-level EU representatives from meeting
with "TRNC President" Talat. The policy that Papadopoulos
adopted in 2004, Apakan claimed, Christofias has chosen to
continue. Second, Christofias has pursued legal claims
against two projects extended to the Turkish Cypriots under
EU financial protocol. The EU Court of Justice's agreement
protects EU companies on both sides. Third, Christofias has
endeavored to make Turkish implementation of European Court
of Human Rights decisions a benchmark required to open
Chapter 23 on judicial and basic rights. This is something
new and an additional Greek Cypriot demand that extends
beyond the eight chapters that were frozen at Nicosia's
insistence in 2006. Fourth, Apakan noted Christofias has
created an "unfriendly tone" by frequently criticizing
Turkey, adding that the GOT has refrained from replying and
"microphone diplomacy." Finally, the Greek Cypriots are
reportedly trying to amend long-standing EU policy that
refers to future accommodation in the form of a comprehensive
settlement and interest in Cyprus having one voice and
sufficiently strong institution to be effective in the union.
Changes proposed by the Greek Cypriots aim to modify this to
provide for their continued dominance in post-unification
institutions.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey
WILSON