1] The EUTCC calls for the direct negotiations between "Turkey" and the Kurds to be re-established immediately and without preconditions. It also calls on the EU to play a role in these negotiations by providing political and official support for the creation of a democratic platform for dialogue between "Turkey" and the Kurdish representatives.
2] The EUTCC Conference resolves to periodically make recommendations regarding measures for the Turkish accession process, the protection of human rights and the situation of the Kurds.
3] The Conference calls upon the Turkish authorities to seriously write and ratify the promised new democratic and civil constitution along with resuming a new approach of dialogue and negotiation in all fundamental problematic issues.
I think the above offers a solid platform on which the Cyprus government, as an EU member, can pursue a direct involvement in the Turkish-Kurdish relations. Our experience with our own ethnic minority & even the advice "Turkey" itself has been offering us since the 1950s about the adequate level of political rights for an 18% (12% today as a result of "Turkey" 's policies) ethnic minority, can prove extremely useful towards a final resolution of "Turkey" 's Kurdish issue, or perhaps more correctly Kurds' "Turkey" issue.
In my mind, a Cyprus government that in light of the above stays silent, is a government lacking in effectiveness and imagination, and certainly should not expect my approval or admiration!
EU conference calls for dialogue 07.12.2012 DIHA
