Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....

PROMISES,PROMISES,PROMISES.

We all know how many times that EU, UK and other Politicians have made promises to lift the isolation of the TRNC so this latest article in Cyprus Times is viewed with a certain amount of "here we go again" attitude.

MAN leaders and top international players have repeated their promises to lift the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots in the last few days. Jack Straw, Angela Merkel and OIC Secretary General bombarded the Turkish Cypriots with promises all in the same 48 hours. However these promises do not excite the people of the TRNC as they did a couple of years back.

The Leader of the British House of Commons Jack Straw has said that the British government will continue its efforts towards helping to end the international isolation on the Turkish Cypriot people.
/>He said that the biggest disappointment he experienced during his term as Foreign Secretary was the rejection of the Annan Plan by the Greek Cypriot Side.

In a speech to the British Parliament, Mr Straw said his country shares the disappointment of the Turkish Cypriot People over the failure to lift its international isolations in spite of its approval of a UN peace plan during the 2004 referenda.

Reminding that the European Union had taken decisions to end the international isolation of the Turkish Cypriot people soon after the referenda in Cyprus, he said it wasn't possible to lift the isolation on North Cyprus but stated that the British Government will continue its efforts towards achieving this goal.

One of these days, just maybe..........

Today we had our Turkish Cypriot friends, Mehmet, Rose (called that because it is not possible to pronounce her Turkish name) and their two boys, over for a traditional English Sunday lunch. The youngest is just four years old and the standard bundle of energy. When you are that age life is a big laugh, especially getting your feet wet on the edge of a very cold pool, first with your shoes on and then more sensibly with your shoes off. We had done a traditional roast pork lunch, because Mehmet said he wanted to try roast pork, Rose was a little unsure but then tried it and enjoyed it very much. As back up we had cooked a chicken, so that was ideal for the boys. A fun afternoon especially as the sun chose to shine and we were able to sit outside for drinks and after dinner coffee.