Reference additionally to the try and restart the talks on the Cyprus challenge
The Turkish web site YetkinReport characterizes the assembly of the President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides with the American President Joe Biden, as an vital diplomatic check for Turkey, commenting that “Turkey is going through the danger of being remoted within the area”.
Underneath the title “Greek Cypriot chief within the White Home: The brand new technique forces Turkey”, the journalist Youssuf Kanli writes on the web site Yetkin Report that “the assembly that President Christodoulides had with the President of the USA within the White Home “constitutes a historic turning level in Cyprus relations -USA”.
“The very fact of the strategy of Cyprus as a strategic associate by the Biden Authorities and the potential for upgrading the 'Greek Cypriot administration' to the standing of Main Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) will increase the geopolitical significance of Cyprus within the japanese Mediterranean and means an vital diplomatic check for Turkey”, he notes.
“The messages of Biden and Christodoulidis spotlight a powerful will within the path of turning Cyprus right into a dependable base for the US within the japanese Mediterranean,” stories the journalist.
He additionally feedback that “this growth has historic significance for US-Cyprus relations, given that it’s the first official go to of a 'Greek Cypriot President' to the White Home since 1996”.
“The truth that Biden expressed his dismay at Turkey's intervention in Cyprus 50 years in the past with the phrase 'a tragic day' and reiterated his perception in a 'bi-communal, bi-zonal federation' resolution underscores ongoing US coverage on this matter and it indicators that the help for the 'Greek Cypriot administration' shall be deepened within the diplomatic framework”, says the journalist.
Yussuf Kanli additionally feedback that the statements of Biden and Christodoulidis present that Cyprus will play an vital function within the American humanitarian support methods, within the safety and protection methods within the Center East and the Japanese Mediterranean”.
“Turkey's inaction: Diplomatic vacuum”
“Turkey is in a scenario the place it has not been capable of give an efficient response to this vital diplomatic transfer. Turkey, which has remained silent on the potential for the US granting Cyprus the standing of a significant non-NATO ally, faces the danger of being remoted within the area,” he notes.
“As hydrocarbon reserves and strategic pursuits within the Japanese Mediterranean are at stake, Turkey's incapability to develop a strategic response to this challenge is interpreted as a scarcity of long-term imaginative and prescient in overseas coverage. Specifically, silence relating to Cyprus' steps to strengthen navy cooperation with the US and Greece could create a severe shortcoming when it comes to defending Turkey's regional pursuits,” he provides.
“New course of: Seek for an answer by means of three headings”
In line with the journalist, “the tripartite 2+1 assembly held in New York was a sign for a brand new course of within the seek for an answer to the Cyprus challenge. On this new street map being formed underneath the management of UN Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres, the Cyprus challenge shall be examined underneath three foremost headings: Governance, Safety and Ensures.”
“On this context, underneath the title of governance it’s deliberate to prepare a 2+1 assembly with the participation of the 2 communities and the UN, a gathering underneath the title of safety within the type of 4+1 with the participation of Greece and Turkey and a gathering underneath the heading of safeguards within the type of 5+1 with the participation of the UK, Greece, Turkey and the UN,” he provides.
“Nevertheless, the truth that Turkey and the “tdvk” haven’t overtly expressed their considerations about this course of creates a weak diplomatic place for Turkey from the start of the method,” he provides.
