Cyprus
Anastasiades
Floats
Famagusta
Plan, ICP on IMF,
Thanks
for Journos
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 26
-- When Cyprus
president
Nicos
Anastasiades
took questions
at the UN on
Thursday,
Inner City
Press asked
him
about his
dispute with
country's
Central Bank
chief, and if
his
speech had
been
coordinated in
any way with
Turkey, since
it was so
upbeat. Video
here, from
Minute 6:13.
Anastasiades
said
while he tries
not to speak
about things
in Cyprus when
he is
out of the
country, he
respects its
constitution
and the rules
and
regulations of
the Euro
system and of
the ECB.
On
Cyprus we try
to open new
avenues, he
said, "I have
a vision to
see that my
country is
going to be
reunited... we
are not
ignoring
the rights of
Turkish
Cypriots.
On
Famagusta, he
said we are in
the process of
negotiating:
for the port
to be open,
under EU,
Turkey to open
airports and
ports to ships
and
planes with
Cyprus
[flags], then
Cyprus would
raise veto
[threat] on
accession
process of
Turkey.
It
was an
interesting
press
conference.
Inner City
Press got the
first
question, but
instead of
thanking
Anastasiades
on behalf of
the new
Free
UN Coalition
for Access
(which it does
when the old
UN
Correspondents
Association
insists on
pretending it
represents all
journalists at
the UN),
thanks was
given for "the
journalists
here."
That's
how it should
and could be
done. But
later on
Thursday, not
only did
UNCA's 2013
president
Pamela Falk of
CBS re-appear
for the UNFCCC
--
a person
who lost
election for
the UNCA board
again insisted
on getting the
first question
at an ICC
press
conference.
This means:
first questions
for sale.
UNreal. Watch
this site.
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