Chapter 574: The Annan Plan
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Primakov and Mario eventually reached an unequal treaty, in which the combined forces of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus immediately ceased the conflict and UN peacekeepers would enter Morfo and Lefka to maintain peace. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After just four weeks of conflict, the situation has changed considerably. The Cypriot army, which had been beaten in the previous war, pushed the border line a little further north. After the start of the conflict, the non-intervention of the United Nations also led the Greek and Turkish regimes to occupy areas that the United Nations had originally intended to maintain peace.
In 1974, the Greeks and Turks carved a narrow no-man's land from east to west in the central part of the island, known as the Green Line, which divided the island between the north and the south. The Green Line stretches from Famagusta in the east to Morfo in the west, traverses the whole island and crosses the capital Nicosia, with a total length of more than 200 kilometers. However, the Green Line no longer exists, and the renegotiation involves the demarcation of the border.
Famagusta has fallen into the hands of Cyprus, the northern part of Corsinia has been completely recovered, and the line actually controlled by the Cypriot coalition army has become the de facto border, and the original green line has been moved upwards. The borders that Turkish Prime Minister Ajvit painstakingly built fell into the hands of Cyprus. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus had no choice but to relocate its capital and settle down in cities further north.
At first, the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Rauf Latif Denktash, strongly opposed the peace plan, believing that it was a violation of the territorial integrity of the Turkish community and wished to continue the war and push the National Cypriot Army back on the offensive. But reality no longer allows the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to be capricious, and having accepted a large number of second-hand Soviet tanks, the combined forces of Cyprus have created the illusion of a large army of armored forces pressing the line on the green line of confrontation. It was as if the war had begun, and the Cypriot National Guard, backed by Greece and the Soviet Union, would burn the war farther north. Cyprus is not the moment when it was unprepared, it is always ready for war.
This trick was so successful that Mario withdrew from the Aegean dispute for the sake of the bigger picture, suggesting that Turkey had enough to gain and that it should not try to re-inflame the dispute. And in the face of the combined Cypriot army, which was armed to the teeth by the Soviet Red Army, Maziel did not have the courage and foundation to break this jade for a while.
The situation now can only be peaceful, and both sides sit down, and the two leaders of Clerides and Denktash, one who supports the unification of Cyprus by the Greeks and the other who support the separatist regime of the Turks, sit together. Of course, this is an era in which the fists are hard and the people are talking, and although it is said that the two sides are talking, in fact not much progress has been made.
The Soviet Union had withdrawn its forces from Cyprus, and for Yanayev, all the goals had been achieved. They made a lot of money from arms sales in Cyprus, and they gained the right to build an air base, and in the end the whole situation was tilted in favor of the Soviet Union, which was another great victory. The USSR found a foothold in the Aegean Sea and could fully cooperate with military bases in Syria. At that time, the combat capability of the global deployment of the Soviet army will be greatly increased.
At this time, however, a plan proposed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan alerted Yanayev. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed that the northern and southern halves of Cyprus be united in a form of confederation similar to Switzerland to form the United Cyprus Republic, which would remain independent and sovereign, but nominally a unitary state. However, for this plan to be successfully reformed, it would require the approval of the proposal by both the North and the South in simultaneous but separate referendums. This is a plan submitted by the United Nations for the peaceful development of Cyprus.
Historically, Annan proposed a similar plan in 2004, but the actual result of the vote was that the residents of the northern region generally accepted the way of the Annan plan and passed the proposal by 64.9%, but the Greek community in the southern region strongly opposed the proposal, voting as high as 75.83% against it, and the Annan plan finally failed. The reason for the opposition of the Greek ethnic group and the government was that the content of the Annan plan continued the spirit of the original British constitution and tended to protect the rights and interests of the Turks.
The plan was endorsed by the United States and Turkey, and they were willing to form a coalition government as long as the Greeks did not control the government. After all, they see themselves as the ones with a vested interest in the land.
However, in order to add an insurance policy, Yanayev called Clerides anyway, suggesting that he was secretly resisting the Annan plan proposed by the United Nations and not achieving a coalition government-style unity.
Yanayev said to Clerides, "The Annan plan is nothing more than a compromise to prevent the reunification of Cyprus, and they are trying to protect the real benefits obtained by the Turks and prevent the Greeks from liberating the whole of Cyprus. President Clerides. Only weapons, strong military strength, are the only guarantee for the Cypriot people to protect their rights and interests. Didn't you see that the Turkish army had been defeated by the Cypriot offensive, and did the Greeks want to see their territory in the hands of the Turks all the time? I think they certainly don't want to, so they stand up against the tyranny of Turkey. Freedom is yours. ”
Yanayev brainwashed the Turks in a circular manner, comparing the Combined Cypriot forces to the Spartan warriors and freedom fighters against tyrants. Now the Northern regime is trying to regain control of your evil dictatorship and try to unify the country.
"But...... This is a proposal from the United Nations, and if we don't comply, the whole world will have reasons to accuse us. Clerides hesitated and said, "It's going to be hard for me as a president to do that." The pressure from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be even greater. ”
"But in the spirit of democracy-self-determination, you have reason to oppose this resolution." "As long as the news media is used to misinterpret this proposal to the public, there will naturally be a lot fewer people who will vote in favor." ”
Clerides was puzzled, "Misinterpretation? How can the United Nations proposal be misinterpreted? This is a bill written in black and white. ”
In Cyprus, where ultra-nationalism dominates public opinion, it is not difficult to distort the true meaning of a thing. When everyone thinks that Cyprus belongs to Greece, otherwise how could the Bosnian Serbs have held out for so many years under the UN air strikes?
The national hatred that has accumulated over the years can make a nation more united and high than ever before.
Yanayev advised Clerides that "the UN has continued the spirit of the constitution developed by the United Kingdom, by throwing out proposals that have always been in favor of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It is deeply contrary to the interests of the Greek people. So the government has widely publicized the insidious approach of the United Nations and called on the people to pursue an agreement that would better protect the interests of the Greek community. ”
On the surface, Greece is announcing to the people the irrationality of this proposal, but in fact it is inciting the people to resist the UN proposal and fight for the freedom and unity of Greece. Under the exaggeration of extreme patriotism, the failure of Annan's plan is also reasonable, and Yanayev is just pushing the boat with the flow.
After all, if a coalition government were to be established, there would be no need for Cyprus to provide the Soviet Union with an air base. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to the Soviet Union's strategic deployment.
"I see, General Secretary Yanayev. I know what to do. Clerides said.
"President Clerides, don't worry." Yanayev smiled and said, "Cyprus will definitely be unified in the future, the Greeks will be expelled back to their Asia Minor, and you will be the ultimate winner." (To be continued.) )