Turkish daily Hurriyet newspaper (20.02.09) wonders whether the visits to the region of the US Illinois Senator, Richard Durbin, the Illinois State Treasurer, Alexi Giannoulias and the reply letter sent by the US President Barack Obama to the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, in which he said: “‘Let’s work together for a more peaceful and secure world", are all a sign of an American involvement in Cyprus.The paper says Durbin 'took the pulse' in Cyprus, Athens and Ankara and that the Obama administration’s first contact in Turkey starts with the Cyprus problem.
The paper concludes that the United States is preparing to step into the Cyprus the peace talks, add ing that Durbin's statement that ‘the USA has no special proposal to make but if the two leaders so wish, we can support the Cyprus talks. We encourage the leaders to agree with our suggestion’, clearly shows their intentions.
Turkey not losing its European vision and the solution of the Cyprus problem are seen as a guarantee for regional stability. The EU – NATO relations are on the agenda of this visit and are related to these. A great obstacle in the cooperation between NATO and the EU is Turkey’s veto for Cyprus. A few days ago, the USA asked clearly from Turkey to lift its veto. This issue seems impossible without a solution in Cyprus first. … By the end of this year, or in the beginning of the next, important changes can take place in Cyprus, the paper concludes.
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