Cyprus Mail: Former US diplomat calls on Turkey to strike ‘grand bargain' with Cyprus
A FORMER US diplomat has called on Turkey to strike a “grand bargain” with Cyprus, lifting its claim on the island in exchange for transferring Cypriot gas to Europe via Turkey.
The statement was made by former US diplomat Matthew Bryza, a familiar face in Cyprus in the last decade, during a roundtable discussion organised by Turkish Policy Quarterly.
Bryza, who spent over five years as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, was quoted by Turkish Hurriyet Daily News yesterday expressing his views at the roundtable discussion on the possibility of transferring Cypriot natural gas to Europe via Turkey.