In the Cypriot and relationships USA – Turkey mentioned from his step of the Ecnomist conference on the Eastern Mediterranean Michael Rubin, his senior fellow American Enterprise Institute. He severely criticized the positions and policies of the neighboring country, but also the attitude of Washington, which he said should stop making mistakes.
Occupied northern Cyprus is a sad growing threat
“THE Henry Kissinger passed away. Along with him are some of the moral compromises he made for Cyprus and they should also be put to rest,” he said characteristically at the conference, which took place in New York, underlining that “the occupied northern Cyprus is not just a diplomatic difficulty, but a sad growing threat that should not be accepted in the name of some sophisticated diplomacy”.
We cannot bet on Hamas supporters
He referred emphatically to US-Turkey relations, at a time when it seems to Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment with Joe Biden is cancelled in Washington.
In particular, he expressed the assessment that “the White House – whether run by Democrats or Republicans – cannot offer roses to someone who so openly supports Hamas and opposes the liberal order.”
In the same context, he underlined: “We have incredibly strong partnerships now. With the president of Cyprus, with the leadership of Greece. They are the ones who should have this support. We should reward those who do the right thing instead of those who do the wrong thing. We must understand that in a struggle to preserve the liberal order we cannot give a platform to those who oppose it.”
“Let’s stop making mistakes”
“We have to understand that it is not enough to just do the right thing. We must also stop making the mistake. We must recognize, almost 50 years later, that occupied northern Cyprus is not just a diplomatic problem. It’s a security vacuum where money laundering activities, potential terrorists and other forces that oppose the liberal order find space,” added Michael Rubin, calling “what’s happening in the Eastern Mediterranean extremely important” – meaning the strengthening of Greece’s cooperation , Cyprus, Israel and Egypt under the support of the USA.
The scathing comment on the silencing of writers in Turkey
“A Turkish professor made a tweet and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He has a lot of time on his hands, so he visits the prison library. He gives a list of books and the librarian looks at the list and says, ‘I’m sorry, we don’t have those books, we only have their authors,'” he said glibly.
