Our View: Who really used elections as a ploy to delay talks?

17-1-2019 Cyprus Mail CyprusMail Cool

Our View: Who really used elections as a ploy...

ON SUNDAY night the CyBC television news reported that Turkey had officially asked the UN for the resumption of the talks to be put back to June. It did not inform viewers when this official request was made nor whether any confirmation had been given by the UN. Eventually, the reporter revealed that the information came from “diplomatic sources” which is code language for information given by the Cyprus government, usually the foreign ministry.

The CyBC report also gave a reason for this delay – there would be local elections in Turkey, but it did not...

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Our View: Who really used elections as a ploy to delay talks?

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