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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04DUBLIN1695 |
PEACEKEEPING IN CYPRUS, IRELAND IN WAIT AND SEE [...] Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke on November 15 to UN Desk Officer at the DFA, Eoin Duggan. Duggan said that Ireland will not initially look to contribute additional funds or personnel to UNFICYP. He said that Ireland has a strong record of support for peacekeeping efforts, dating back [...] |
2004-11-17 17:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL UNFICYP |
| 04ROME4431 |
ITALY CONCURS ON NEED FOR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) MFA Turkey/Cyprus Office Director Renato Ricci told poloff that Italy was already working with its EU partners on a "substantial" voluntary contribution for the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Italy views this effort as part of a broader stabilization program, which includes [...] |
2004-11-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY IT EUN UNFICYP |
| 04THEHAGUE2991 |
DUTCH REACTION TO REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-17 16:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NL CY UNFICYP |
| 04THEHAGUE3224 |
EU/CYPRUS: EU NOT READY TO PAY MORE TOWARD [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-09 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NL CY UNFICYP |
| 05ANKARA2215 |
LIFTING UNFICYP RESTRICTIONS: DHERINIA CROSSING [...] (C) We reiterated to Turkish MFA Acting DDG for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs Bilman ref e-mail readout that, despite the opening of other crossings, Turkey will not get the language it desires in the next UNFICYP report and resolution if the Dherinia crossing remains closed. Bilman rep [...] |
2005-04-19 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU UNFICYP |
| 06ANKARA1104 |
TURKISH MFA CAUTIOUS ABOUT CYPRUS TECHNICAL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA is approaching cautiously the idea of UN brokered technical-level talks (reftel), wanting to avoid topics the GOT considers final settlement issues. MFA officials welcome the talks cautiously for what they are and recognize the importance of face-to-face discuss [...] |
2006-03-03 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY UNFICYP EU |
| 06ANKARA1655 |
URGING A POSITIVE TURKISH APPROACH TO CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: DCM urged MFA Deputy U/S Apakan on March 24 to set a positive agenda for upcoming technical talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots, and to develop a good working relationship with SRSG Moeller (refs A and B). Apakan blamed Moeller for what he termed the "professional mistake" [...] |
2006-03-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY UNFICYP |
| 06ATHENS1779 |
GREEK FM GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a day of meetings between the GoG and Greek Cypriot President Papadopoulos, Greek FM Bakoyannis told Ambassador she is guardedly optimistic about the agreement signed by Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on July 8. While the key will be getting the respective [...] |
2006-07-11 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY GR |
| 06NICOSIA1088 |
CYPRIOT LEADERS MEET, AGREE ON NEXT (BABY) STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 8, Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders meeting with U/SYG Gambari reached agreement on a "Set of Principles" and immediate next steps to get the stalled Cyprus settlement process moving again. Working with the UN, the two sides will engage in technical talks on day [...] |
2006-07-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
| 06NICOSIA1099 |
ERDOGAN IN CYPRUS: FIRST, DO NO HARM [...] (C) Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's planned July 20 visit to the "TRNC" comes at a potentially awkward moment, given the just-concluded Gambari agreement (ref a) and the looming likelihood of a Cyprus-related crisis between the EU and Turkey over accession this fall. The official purpose of t [...] |
2006-07-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP EUN TU CY |
| 06NICOSIA1306 |
SRSG MOLLER ON CYPRUS TALKS [...] (C) On August 4, SRSG Moller briefed the Ambassador on recent developments since the exchange of lists earlier in the week. In contrast to his (ref) optimism on August 2, he noted with frustration two problems Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat has raised with him earlier that day: A) [...] |
2006-08-04 13:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU CY |
| 06NICOSIA1842 |
UN, FINNS OFFER UPDATES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top UNFICYP officials privately outlined for us the UN's latest plan to unblock the current deadlock in the Gambari Process. A last-minute snag over procedure threatens to delay the start of work by the technical and substantive committees, however, and UN officials privately wo [...] |
2006-10-27 16:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU EUN CY |
| 06NICOSIA1869 |
TALAT ON FINNISH PROPOSAL, UN PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 1 meeting with Ambassador Schlicher, Turkish Cypriot "President" Mehmet Ali Talat was pessimistic about the prospects of the Finnish proposal on Varosha/ports -- and criticized the EU process for making "unfair" and one-sided demands of his community for the sake of [...] |
2006-11-02 09:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
| 06NICOSIA1916 |
MOLLER CALLS PARTIES ON THE CARPET AT UNFICYP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the course of a November 9 briefing to the local diplomatic corps, UNFICYP Chief Michael Moller frankly described the deadlock in the UN settlement process (ref a). Acknowledging that both sides have done their fair share of stonewalling over the past 40 years, SRSG Moller and [...] |
2006-11-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
| 06NICOSIA1944 |
"TRNC DAY" SPEECH: TALAT STICKS FOOT IN MOUTH WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat delivered a petulant rhetorical broadside during November 15 commemorations of the 1983 Turkish Cypriot unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). The "good" parts of Talat's speech (throw-away references to the need for rule of law and democ [...] |
2006-11-20 14:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
| 06NICOSIA2010 |
ECHR GIVES TENTATIVE BLESSING TO "TRNC" PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 7 ruling on the Xenidis-Arestis case (reftels), the European Court of Human Rights upheld a Greek Cypriot claimant's ownership of her property in the closed city of Varosha and ordered Turkey to pay her over a million dollars in damages. At the same time, the ECHR [...] |
2006-12-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CASC PHUM EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
| 06NICOSIA2049 |
GREEK CYPRIOT ENCLAVES IN THE NORTH: HANGING BY A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 14, political section staff joined United Nations civil affairs personnel on one of their weekly monitoring visits to the enclaved Greek Cypriot community on the Turkish Cypriot-administered Karpass peninsula. Embassy officers accompanied UNFICYP personnel on two h [...] |
2006-12-20 15:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY |
| 06NICOSIA2050 |
UN REP, P-5 AMBS TAKE STOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hosting local Perm Five ambassadors and the resident UN chief to a working lunch December 18, the Ambassador orchestrated a tour d'horizon that touched on the UN transition in New York, horsetrading over the UNFICYP mandate renewal, developments on the UN negotiating track in Ni [...] |
2006-12-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNGA CY |
| 06NICOSIA2051 |
GREEK CYPRIOT ENCLAVES IN THE NORTH: HANGING BY A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 14, political section staff joined United Nations civil affairs personnel on one of their weekly monitoring visits to the enclaved Greek Cypriot community on the Turkish Cypriot-administered Karpass peninsula. Embassy officers accompanied UNFICYP personnel on two h [...] |
2006-12-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY |
| 06NICOSIA2052 |
UN REP, P-5 AMBS TAKE STOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hosting local Perm Five ambassadors and the resident UN chief to a working lunch December 18, the Ambassador orchestrated a tour d'horizon that touched on the UN transition in New York, horsetrading over the UNFICYP mandate renewal, developments on the UN negotiating track in Ni [...] |
2006-12-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNGA CY |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1158 |
A/SYG ANNABI BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on June 2, A/SYG Annabi briefed Council members on the latest report on UNFICYP and reiterated the Secretariat's position that the situation on Cyprus is not yet ripe for another political mission aimed at final resolution of the conflict. A/S [...] |
2006-06-07 14:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC CY UNFICYP |
| 07ANKARA57 |
TURKEY: THE GOT ON LEDRA STREET BRIDGE REMOVAL: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although GOT officials were not supportive of "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's decision to dismantle the Ledra Street footbridge at the Green Line in Nicosia, they nonetheless stated in the end it was Talat's decision to make. While Talat had broached the subject in late Novem [...] |
2007-01-11 16:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS TU CY |
| 07ANKARA711 |
TURKEY: STONEWALLING ON UN-BROKERED CYPRUS TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's MFA characterizes recent Greek Cypriot steps to re-start UN-brokered talks and to facilitate a re-opening of the Ledra Street crossing of the Green Line in central Nicosia as "just for show." The GOT believes G/C President Papadopoulos is feeling pressure from the EU and [...] |
2007-03-28 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07ANKARA959 |
TURKEY: STILL COMMITTED TO JULY 8 PROCESS, BUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA Deputy Under Secretary responsible for Cyprus Haydar Berk claims that Turkey remains committed to the July 8 process. He said Turkey wants to ensure, though, that the Turkish Cypriots do not shoulder the blame for the process breaking down by agreeing to discuss [...] |
2007-04-25 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA126 |
NEW TURKISH ENGAGEMENT REGS; LIVE FIRE IN BUFFER [...] (U) UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) military informed Embassy DAO January 31 that Turkish Forces (TF) a day earlier had fired on Greek Cypriot farmers in or near the Buffer Zone (BZ). Two separate incidents had occurred, in Astromeritis, west of Nicosia and the site of a BZ crossing point, and i [...] |
2007-02-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA140 |
CYPRUS: CIV-MIL RELATIONS HIT NEW LOW, TALAT [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Relations between the increasingly assertive Turkish military and the increasingly hesitant Turkish Cypriot civilian leadership have taken a definite turn for the worse in recent months. The January contest of wills between "TRNC President" Talat and the generals ove [...] |
2007-02-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP MOPS TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA205 |
HOPES HIGHER FOR LEDRA STREET REOPENING, BROADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On President Tassos Papadopoulos's command, Greek Cypriot workers late March 8 demolished a wall and viewing platform on Ledra Street, raising hopes that a Buffer Zone crossing in the heart of Old Nicosia might soon open. T/C leaders greeted the wall's fall with guarded optimism, [...] |
2007-03-09 16:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA21 |
TALAT'S SHOWDOWN WITH TURKISH ARMY OVER LEDRA [...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's public promise to remove the controversial pedestrian bridge at the Green Line on Ledra Street has put him on a collision course with the Turkish military. The bridge, which crosses over a Turkish army patrol track along the north edge of the Bu [...] |
2007-01-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP EUN MOPS TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA256 |
UN-BROKERED TALKS HIT SNAG; SPEED BUMP OR MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two week ago, there was cause for Cyprus Problem optimism. Hairline cracks were showing in hard-line President Tassos Papadopoulos's coalition, Brussels appeared to be tiring of Nicosia's maximalist position on Turkish Cypriot direct trade, and T/C leaders mostly were behaving, [...] |
2007-03-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA301 |
NATIONALISTS AND DEEP STATE STIRRING THE "TRNC" POT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent months, nationalist elements in the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" appear to be manufacturing and/or exploiting events in order to pressure pro-solution "President" Mehmet Ali Talat and "Prime Minister" Ferdi Soyer to toe a harder line more consistent with polici [...] |
2007-04-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA418 |
FAMAGUSTA MAYOR FAVORS INCREASED BI-COMMUNAL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Despite the total failure of the so-called "Finnish Initiative" in 2006 (Reftel), Greek Cypriot officials and property owners in Famagusta are actively seeking ways to keep their issue on the political map. The opening of the fenced-off area of Varosha and it [...] |
2007-05-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA52 |
ASSIMILATION, AGING THREATEN CYPRUS MARONITES [...] SUMMARY: The Maronite community -- self-described as 6,000-strong but likely half that -- enjoys "official religious group" status under Cyprus's 1960 constitution. Concentrated historically in four villages south and west of Kyrenia, the Catholic Maronites endured near-total dislocation aft [...] |
2007-01-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA595 |
EMOTION OF FIRST RETURNS OF MISSING PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in Cyprus has returned to family members the remains of 28 Cypriots missing from the 1963 to 1974 period of intercommunal conflict. The remains of all 13 Turkish Cypriots were buried in an elaborate and emotional July 12 military cere [...] |
2007-07-17 06:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CY UNFICYP PHUM PGOV |
| 07NICOSIA651 |
TALAT FINALLY BLINKS; DEMINING TO RESTART IN CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Commission and UN Development Program officials July 30 signed an agreement that allows humanitarian demining activities in the Cypriot Buffer Zone to continue, hopefully to their conclusion. Financing for operations, approximately four million euro, will come from the [...] |
2007-08-08 12:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNFICYP MOPS MASS CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA664 |
PAPADOPOULOS CONFIDENT ON RE-ELECTION PROSPECTS [...] (C) During the course of a visit to Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and his family at their beach house in Protoras, Ambassador asked Papadopoulos for his thoughts on the looming campaign. Papadopoulos,s first reply was that "of the three of us, I think that my chances are best, becaus [...] |
2007-08-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA685 |
TALAT WILL MEET, BUT IS WARY OF PAPADAPOULOS'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Domestic political concerns -- mainly the need to show Greek Cypriot voters that their president sought a Cyprus Problem solution -- was driving Tassos Papadopoulos's push for a meeting of community leaders, "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat told the Ambassador August 20. Despite [...] |
2007-08-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA729 |
LEADERS' MEETING BRINGS NO BREAKTHROUGHS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fourteen months after concluding a framework arrangement to restart stalled Cyprus Problem negotiations -- the July 8 or Gambari Agreement, which envisioned regular tete-a-tetes of the island's community leaders -- RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot "President [...] |
2007-09-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA74 |
MISSING PERSONS COMMITTEE OPTIMISTIC ON RETURN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tripartite Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is making steady progress exhuming and identifying Greek and Turkish Cypriots missing since 1963-1974. Pledges from the USG and other donors have ensured sufficient funding for operations to continue well into 2008, and CMP member [...] |
2007-01-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA754 |
SWEDES' CYPRUS MUSINGS: CHANNEL THEIR INTEREST [...] (C) Summary: Our UK counterparts share our skepticism about the timing of Sweden's emerging proposal on Cyprus. A formal proposal at this stage runs the risk of backfiring and allowing President Papadopoulos and the other candidates in the presidential race to shift to the international comm [...] |
2007-09-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU SW FI |
| 07NICOSIA80 |
NEW MAYOR OUTLINES PRIORITIES, AMONG THEM TIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fight against trafficking in persons "ought to be a priority," new Nicosia Mayor Eleni Mavrou told the Ambassador January 26. Revealing the municipality had not yet finalized its strategic plans, Mavrou promised her team would search out areas where it could take action on [...] |
2007-01-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TIP CY |
| 07NICOSIA803 |
ELECTIONS: CITING FRONT-RUNNERS' FLAWS, LONG SHOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite trailing Cyprus's "serious" presidential candidates by significant margins, outsider Costas Themistocleous voices no intention of abandoning his electoral campaign anytime soon. Recent polling shows Themistocleous's three rivals each tallying between 29 and 31 percent; i [...] |
2007-10-03 11:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA804 |
DEMANDS OF MFA POSITION TO HARDEN SOFT-LINER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry dissatisfaction over our concept of "consultations" -- translated, the Embassy's continuing attempts to brief and respect the sensitivities of the MFA on our assistance to Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) in northern Cyprus -- dominated the DCM's September 25 courtesy ca [...] |
2007-10-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA839 |
DISY CHIEF OPTIMISTIC BUT LAMENTS CANDIDATE'S [...] (C) Summary: DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides bests his competitors in smarts and moderation, but has failed to impress the Cypriot electorate with leadership skills and political savvy, bemoaned party chief Nikos Anastassiades in an October 16 meeting with the Ambassado [...] |
2007-10-18 11:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA85 |
PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER "COMMANDEERING" T/C [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a result of a landmark 2005 Supreme Court decision that returned the property of a Turkish Cypriot who had resettled in the south, Greek Cypriot "refugees" inhabiting T/C houses have lived with the constant threat of eviction should legal T/C owners move south and seek rest [...] |
2007-01-30 16:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP ECON CY |
| 07NICOSIA932 |
ELDER STATESMAN TROUBLED BY ELECTORAL THEMES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The possible re-election of incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos deeply concerns former President and DISY founder Glafcos Clerides. In a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, the octogenarian Clerides noted that many Cypriots realized the dangers "five more years of Tassos" would [...] |
2007-11-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY |
| 08NICOSIA116 |
SURPRISE, SURPRISE: INCUMBENT PAPADOPOULOS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Incumbent Republic of Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos failed February 17 to advance to the second round; instead, challengers Ioannis Kasoulides (DISY, center-right) and Dimitris Christofias (AKEL, left) will do battle February 24. News of Papadopoulos's defeat left Cypr [...] |
2008-02-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA144 |
CHRISTOFIAS SEEKS EARLY ENGAGEMENT WITH TALAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: "If Mehmet Ali (Talat) and I cannot solve the Cyprus Problem, who can?" pondered RoC President-elect Dimitris Christofias in his February 26 meeting with the Ambassador, their first gathering since the February 24 election. Greek Cypriots had selected Christofias due primarily [...] |
2008-02-28 13:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY |
| 08NICOSIA306 |
G/C NEGOTIATOR TROUBLED BY TURKISH SIDE'S REFUSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: "They're not empowered to think or even speculate, much less negotiate," complained Greek Cypriot negotiator George Iacovou in a May 12 meeting with the Ambassador, referring to the Turkish Cypriots staffing the working groups and technical committees currently conducting prepar [...] |
2008-05-15 11:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA322 |
MISSING PERSONS EFFORT STILL A BRIGHT SPOT, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Returning the skeletal remains of 2-3 victims per week to grateful family members, the UN Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) remains a bright example of sustained bi-communal cooperation in Cyprus. The pace of returns likely will spike during the summer, once the Nicosia gene [...] |
2008-05-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP CY |
| 08NICOSIA324 |
T/C NEGOTIATOR CLAIMS "ENOUGH" PROGRESS IN CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: "When will (Cypriot President Demetris) Christofias ever leave the harbor that (former President and famous hard-liner) Papadopoulos built?" complained Turkish Cypriot negotiator Ozdil Nami in a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador. Nami, without noting his own side's unhelpful pu [...] |
2008-05-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA348 |
MAINTAINING POSITIVE MOMENTUM ON CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Prospects for substantive progress toward a Cyprus solution appeared bleak in December 2007. RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos enjoyed a clear lead among Greek Cypriot voters, and re-election of the celebrated hard-liner seemed likely. North of the Green Line, [...] |
2008-06-02 04:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA628 |
CHRISTOFIAS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: If he and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat could not reunite Cyprus, then who could? RoC President Demetris Christofias told the Ambassador during the latter's farewell call July 31. President Christofias, while pleased with the outcome of the March-July preparatory phase [...] |
2008-08-01 13:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA649 |
TALAT STILL TROUBLED BY GREEK CYPRIOT MOTIVATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: "I believe Christofias sincerely desires a solution," Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat informed the Ambassador at his farewell call August 6, "but I doubt his ability to manage the process and control Greek Cypriot hard-liners." Formal negotiations would commence on Sept [...] |
2008-08-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA703 |
CYPRUS: WHERE WE ARE AT THE START OF FORMAL TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At rock-bottom of a four-year impasse, few believed on January 1 that full-fledged Cyprus Problem negotiations would recommence during 2008. In the eight months since, however, Greek Cypriots dumped their intransigent leader and replaced him with freer-thinking Demetris Chris [...] |
2008-09-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA731 |
CYPRUS: FM KYPRIANOU DESIRES CLOSE U.S.-ROC [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Nothing should divide us" asserted Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou at Ambassador Urbancic's September 10 introductory call. The United States and Cyprus shared numerous interests, Kyprianou continued, and could cooperate in spheres ranging from science and [...] |
2008-09-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU GE |
| 08NICOSIA816 |
CYPRUS: CARTER, "ELDERS" OPTIMISTIC OVER TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: "I'm overwhelmingly encouraged at prospects for Cyprus's reunification," asserted U.S. President Jimmy Carter on October 9 in Nicosia. Carter, along with fellow "Elders" Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi, had come to Cyprus "to commend th [...] |
2008-10-14 14:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA877 |
CYPRUS: VISITING IO A/S HEARS BOTH SIDES OF STORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook visited Cyprus October 22-24 to meet Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders and witness firsthand peacekeeping operations of the UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). UNFICYP military, police, and civil affairs [...] |
2008-11-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA91 |
DISY CHIEF STILL UNCONVINCED ITS CANDIDATE WILL [...] (C) Summary: In a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Democratic Rally (DISY) leader Nikos Anastassiades claimed that candidate Ioannis Kasoulides's presidential prospects were improving, but continued to worry he might not advance to the second round. Harming Kasoulides were DISY's inab [...] |
2008-02-07 14:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA916 |
CYPRUS: UNFICYP PLEASED BY LATEST LEADERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The quickening pace of leaders' meetings and some recent progress on Governance issues have heartened the UN negotiating team, according to UNFICYP Senior Adviser Wlodek Cibor. In a November 19 meeting with Embassy staff, Cibor recounted recent developments in the negotiations an [...] |
2008-11-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA94 |
LEFT-WING CHALLENGER PROMISES CLOSE RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: AKEL (Communist) Secretary General and presidential candidate Dimitris Christofias promises his administration will seek and value close relations with the United States. Only with U.S. and UK input and support could Cyprus reunify, he told the Ambassador February 5; while rela [...] |
2008-02-08 10:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA961 |
LATEST UNFICYP THINKING ON DEMINING, REPORTING TO [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on December 4 met with Wlodek Cibor, UNFICYP Senior Adviser and deputy to Taye-Brook Zerihoun, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus. Cibor was acting mission chief, as Zerihoun was in New York to brief the Security Council on UNFICYP operations and t [...] |
2008-12-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS CY TU |
| 08NICOSIA964 |
CYPRUS: ROC UNHAPPY WITH SYG REPORT, DOWNPLAYING [...] (C) The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on December 9 summoned resident P-5 chiefs of mission for consultations on the second, UK-distributed draft of the UNFICYP rollover resolution. DCM called on MFA Permanent Secretary Nicolas Emiliou to receive the MFA demarche. Emiliou considered the draft an [...] |
2008-12-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09ANKARA1018 |
TURKISH MFA: CYPRUS SETTLEMENT MUST HAVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Undersecretary Apakan told DAS Bryza and the Ambassador July 13 that Turkey: -- continues to support the Cyprus negotiating process; -- is committed to a solution if there is a referendum; -- views the guarantee system as "vital"; -- insists on genuine bizonality; -- believ [...] |
2009-07-16 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU UNFICYP US |
| 09ANKARA1568 |
TURKISH MFA "FORWARD-LOOKING" ON CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 23 the Turkish MFA hosted an internal marathon session devoted to Cyprus that was refreshingly critical of Turkish policy over the past decade, reaffirmed that the status quo is unacceptable and resolved that Ankara must "find ways to break the deadlocks" that threaten [...] |
2009-10-29 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09ANKARA1718 |
TURKISH MFA SEES CYPRUS TALKS AS GLASS HALF FULL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MFA's Deputy Director General for Cyprus told us December 2 that Ankara is still waiting for a reply from Athens to PM Erdogan's proposal for quadrilateral talks on a Cyprus settlement, but that Turkey is newly optimistic about the prospects for a solution after the November 1 [...] |
2009-12-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU UNFICYP US |
| 09NICOSIA107 |
CYPRUS: ORAMS CASE OUTCOME ANXIOUSLY AWAITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cypriots on both sides of the Green Line anxiously await the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling on the Apostolides-Orams lawsuit, which pits a displaced G/C property owner against a British couple that acquired his land in 2002 and erected a vacation home there (Reftel). [...] |
2009-02-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CY PGOV PREL TU UNFICYP |
| 09NICOSIA193 |
CYPRUS: UN'S DOWNER REMAINS REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer remains reasonably optimistic the Cypriot leaders can make a notional deal by late 2009 or early 2010, although he acknowledges the sides' substantive differences have yet to narrow much. In a March 12 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Downe [...] |
2009-03-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA217 |
CYPRUS: UNFICYP DOWNBEAT ON CBM PROGRESS, TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer desires continued U.S. pressure on Turkey for flexibility on Cyprus and is pursuing a call on the National Security Adviser to make this point. UNFICYP chief Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the Ambassador on March 25 that Downer acknowledges Turkey's [...] |
2009-03-27 10:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA256 |
CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Nicosia looks forward to welcoming you to Cyprus, an island whose political complexity and strategic value belie its small size. We have crafted an intensive program including calls on President Demetris Christofias and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus (RoC) officials, a m [...] |
2009-04-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA257 |
CYPRUS: UN ENVOY SHARES REPORTING PLAN DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Good Offices Mission on Cyprus (UNGO) will orally brief the Security Council on/about April 30, Special Adviser Alexander Downer informed the Ambassador on April 9. While the report will present a reasonably positive account of negotiations progress so far, it also will hi [...] |
2009-04-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA272 |
CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR FM KYPRIANOU'S APRIL 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your April 20 meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will demonstrate continued high-level U.S. support for reunification negotiations. You will want to note that the international community has high expectations for these talks and that the status qu [...] |
2009-04-16 14:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA28 |
CYPRUS: UN ENVOY CRITIQUES SETTLEMENT TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a spirited and friendly exchange of views, UN Special Envoy Alexander Downer on January 14 told visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza that Cypriot leaders Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat had made measurable progress in settlement discussions, although [...] |
2009-01-21 04:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA305 |
CYPRUS TALKS AND THE ORAMS CASE: CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. On May 5, the first meeting between the Greek Cypriot(GC) and Turkish Cypriot(TC) leaders since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made known its decision in the Orams property case went well, according to Turkish Cypriot (TC) lead negotiator Ozdil Nami. TC Leader Talat stood up [...] |
2009-05-07 12:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY |
| 09NICOSIA306 |
CYPRUS: UNFICYP CHIEF POSITIVELY GRADES SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Readouts of UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer's April 30 briefing of the Security Council and of the May 5 meeting of Cypriot leaders Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat dominated the Ambassador's May 6 tour d'horizon with UNFICYP chief Taye-Brook Zerihoun. The Council [...] |
2009-05-07 14:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UN CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA327 |
CYPRUS: UN'S DOWNER SUGGESTS SUBTLE NUDGING OF [...] (C) Summary. "Greek Cypriots (G/Cs) must develop a sense that the status quo is over," UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer confided to the Ambassador during their May 15 meeting. Downer suggested that a low-key discussion on the future of UNFICYP might help break the G/Cs of their perception [...] |
2009-05-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TU CY |
| 09NICOSIA332 |
CYPRUS: HARD-LINE HOUSE SPEAKER UNBOWED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cypriot House Speaker and DIKO party leader Marios Karoyian voiced his desire for closer relations between the U.S. and Cypriot legislatures during a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador. As such, he felt great disappointment when two high-profile Members of Congress visited Cypru [...] |
2009-05-20 14:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA333 |
CYPRUS: TALAT IN FOUL MOOD ON LIMNITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat continues to demand the right to transport vehicle fuel to the T/C military enclave in Kokkina as quid pro quo for the opening of a Buffer Zone (BZ) crossing at Limnitis. During a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Talat explained he could [...] |
2009-05-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA342 |
CYPRUS: COMPROMISE POSSIBLE ON LIMNITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer on May 25 secured buy-in from Greek and Turkish Cypriot negotiators George Iacovou and Ozdil Nami on a compromise plan to allow the Limnitis/Yesilirmak Buffer Zone crossing to open. Iacovou and Nami must now "sell" the plan to Demetris Christo [...] |
2009-05-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA344 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH "AMBASSADOR" ON LIMNITIS, [...] (C) At a May 22 working lunch with the Ambassador, Sakir Fakili, the Turkish "Ambassador" to the "TRNC," did not respond substantively to the Ambassador's call for a compromise to allow the eventual opening of the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point in northwest Cyprus. Fakili instead voiced fu [...] |
2009-05-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TU CY |
| 09NICOSIA36 |
CYPRUS: TALAT DENIES "CONFEDERALIST" ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A cautious but constructive Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, assured visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14 that T/Cs remained committed to reunification of Cyprus into a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation, despite Greek Cypriot fears the T/Cs were shifting to favor [...] |
2009-01-22 06:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA37 |
CYPRUS: FORMER FM PREDICTS DIFFICULT SLEDDING ON [...] (C) Summary: Former Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Marcoullis on January 16 candidly told the Ambassador that the Property working group had achieved only modest success despite months of intensive discussions. Marcoullis, who headed the G/C delegation, noted the sides held funda [...] |
2009-01-22 07:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA402 |
CYPRUS:UNSG SPECIAL ADVISER DOWNER UPBEAT ON [...] (C) "There has a been a (positive) sea change in attitude in the negotiations," UNSG Special Adviser Alexander Downer confided to the Ambassador in a June 19 meeting. Downer said that both Greek Cypriot Leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat were "feeling their [...] |
2009-06-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR UNFICYP CY |
| 09NICOSIA456 |
CYPRUS: GREEK CYPRIOTS EXPRESS GUARDED OPTIMISM ON [...] (C) Summary: A wide-range of Greek Cypriot (G/C) interlocutors expressed guarded optimism, tempered by an understanding of the problems going forward, in the on-going UN-brokered peace process to EUR DAS Matthew Bryza during his June 29-30 visit to Cyprus. President Demetris Christofias was ca [...] |
2009-07-13 07:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA457 |
CYPRUS: UNFICYP CHIEF CALLS LAST QUARTER 2009 [...] (C) Summary: "We could reach irreversibility if the parties can identify areas of give and take in the last three months of the year," UNSG Special Representative Taye Zerihoun told Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza on June 29. Zerihoun, who noted tangible improvement in atmospherics, s [...] |
2009-07-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA46 |
CYPRUS: LOCAL BRITS LAUD CHANGE IN TONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In moving from earlier debates on procedure to real substantive give-and-take, the Cypriot leaders had progressed far, UK High Commissioner Peter Millett and visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza agreed on January 14. Mehmet Ali Talat and Demetris Christofias's [...] |
2009-01-26 06:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY UK TU |
| 09NICOSIA47 |
CYPRUS: OPPOSITION LEADER CRITICIZES CHRISTOFIAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The continued demonization of the 2004 Annan Plan had precluded greater progress in the Cyprus settlement talks, opposition DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14. G/Cs' determination to keep the compromise Plan off the table had resul [...] |
2009-01-26 06:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA48 |
CYPRUS: MFA INSISTENT THAT TURKEY MEET EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's EU path toward EU membership looks littered with obstacles, most of Ankara's own making, Cypriot MFA Permanent Secretary (D-equivalent) Nicolas Emiliou told visiting DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14. Emiliou noted that Turkey had failed to meet any of the obligations it [...] |
2009-01-26 12:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA49 |
CYPRUS: ARCHBISHOP DECRIES TURKISH INTRANSIGENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Continued intransigence from mainland Turkish leaders has slowed the Cyprus negotiations, argues hard-line Archbishop Chrysostomos II. In a January 14 dinner with visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza, Chrysostomos described current Greek Cypriot imperatives for [...] |
2009-01-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA50 |
CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS DISAPPOINTED IN TALAT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Demetris Christofias, while acknowledging Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's desire to reach a Cyprus settlement, worries that the model Talat prefers is confederal, not federal. Still, Christofias remains ready to engage in a genuine give-and-take discussion w [...] |
2009-01-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA532 |
CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES, [...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...] |
2009-08-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA533 |
CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES, [...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...] |
2009-08-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA595 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER UPBEAT AFTER START [...] (C) Summary: In a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat said that the September 10 meeting launching the second round of UN-brokered talks went "extraordinarily well." He was nonplussed by Greek Cypriot (G/C) leader Demetris Christofias' postp [...] |
2009-09-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA681 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT: "THE SIDES [...] (C) Summary: "The sides cannot finalize a deal without international involvement," Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat warned the Ambassador during an October 21 lunch. Although he admitted that progress was possible, Talat lamented what he dubbed the "acquiescence" of the internatio [...] |
2009-10-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR GR CY |
| 09NICOSIA7 |
CYPRUS: SIDES STILL DIFFER ON GOVERNANCE, UN ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNFICYP Senior Advisor Wlodek Cibor on January 7 painted a less rosy picture than boss Special Representative Taye-Brook Zerihoun of the most recent (January 5) leaders' gathering. Cibor (please protect) discounted the significance of Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat r [...] |
2009-01-09 15:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1152 |
CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER ASSESSES SOLID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Advisor Downer told the Security Council on December 9 that there had been "solid progress" in reunification negotiations, which was mainly due to the "clear commitment" of Greek Cypriot President Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Talat to the process. Turkey called [...] |
2009-12-23 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNFICYP UNSC CY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK417 |
UN/CYPRUS: TURKISH PERMREP OFFERS TO ADVANCE DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Baki Ilkin has proposed advancing the date of the adoption of a rollover of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to the end of May in order to avoid having the adoption fall during Turkey's June Security Council presidency. Ilkin told Ambassa [...] |
2009-04-23 14:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY TU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK453 |
CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER BRIEFS THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The SYG's Special Advisor for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, told the Security Council on April 30 he is "cautiously optimistic" about the current negotiations over reunification of the island. The two leaders had made "steady progress" since talks began in September 2008, but the [...] |
2009-05-04 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK532 |
CYPRUS: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNFICYP [...] (SBU) Cyprus SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the Security Council on May 22 that the military situation in Cyprus is stable, and he reported an increase in restrictions imposed on UNFICYP's movements by Turkish forces in the north. Zerihoun noted a lack of public support for a settlement, as wel [...] |
2009-05-26 22:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK811 |
GREEK PERMREP FORSEES NO NEAR-TERM PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an introductory call, newly arrived Greek Permrep Anastassis Mitsialis sought Ambassador Rice's concurrence to schedule a Security Council briefing by Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis as Chairwoman-in-Office of the OSCE during the UNGA Ministerial Week. Mitsialis exp [...] |
2009-09-02 14:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MK TU CY GR |
| 09USUNNEWYORK859 |
CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS TELLS P-5 HE IS NOT OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. At an annual lunch with P-5 missions to the UN, Cyprus President Demitris Christofias said he was not optimistic about the possible outcome of Cyprus reunification talks. He cited Turkish PM Erdogan as being responsible for Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's hard position o [...] |
2009-09-28 16:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNFICYP CU CY |
| 10ANKARA14 |
CYPRUS TALKS: TURKISH MFA PLUGS NEW PROPOSAL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu on January 5 passed the Charge a copy of the Turkish Cypriots' latest proposal on Governance and Power-Sharing that includes a cross-voting provision to enable Greek Cypriots to have a 10-20 percent weighted vote on Turkish Cypriot candidates [...] |
2010-01-05 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU UNFICYP US |