"Not only the US, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the Soviet Union are responsible for the Cyprus issue, but we also have it," renowned journalist Giannis Kareklas said in an interview with SigmaLive.
Mr. Kareklas stressed that we Cypriots also made disastrous mistakes, which played a catalytic role in the Cyprus issue. "Can we admit that we, as Greek Cypriots, have made huge mistakes over time and that we have not taken the appropriate decisions responsibly?" he wondered, concluding that without maximalism and acrobatics, the Cyprus issue would have been resolved before '74.
The realist Anastasiadis and the effort for a solution
Giannis Kareklas expressed the belief that President Anastasiadis "was and is the realistic leader of Cyprus, who is light years ahead of anyone else".
At the same time, he stressed that we must support the effort of the current President of the Republic of Cyprus for a solution, regardless of the ideology that each of us carries and said that we are moving towards the solution of the honest compromise, saying that there must be a compromise, in which believe both sides.
The critical phase in the Cyprus issue and the political decisions
Among other things, Mr. Kareklas noted that the Cyprus issue should have been resolved many years ago if we did not follow some wrong actions, while he wondered what would happen if the current opportunity in the Cyprus issue was lost. "Woe is me if the opportunity for a solution is lost. I wonder what is left to be solved but also what is going to be solved in the Cyprus issue. "All aspects have been exhaustively negotiated, it is not the time for renegotiation, it is the time for political decisions," he said.
He said that Turkey holds the "key" to the solution, as it believes that it is time to make the right moves and facilitate a solution to the Cyprus problem.
The three mistakes of Glafkos Clerides
Glafkos Clerides was characterized as the father of realism by Giannis Kareklas, while he then pointed out the three biggest mistakes made by the former President of the Republic of Cyprus.
In 1963, when he then disagreed with Archbishop Makarios over the "13 points" (submitting proposals to Vice President Fazil Kucuk to improve the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus) and did not make his disagreement public. Regarding their proposals for a solution to the Cyprus problem In 1972, the "conflict" between Clerides and George Vassilios over the "Gali" ideas, due to political expediencies.
"Fair claims, wrong choices"
Through his second book entitled "Fair claims, wrong choices", K. Kareklas addresses key questions and gives a clear picture of the multifaceted aspects of the Cyprus problem. "This book is a journalistic-historical research, with rare archival material from the State Department, the Foreign Office, the Congress Library as well as from the wealth of the Greek parliament"
"No Spins": The hour of truth
The show "No Spins" that Mr. Kareklas will present at Sigma every Monday at 22.15 from October 10, is his new venture.
"The journalist never closes the circles, on the contrary he opens them. It is the time of the citizen, who should take the fate into his own hands ", said Giannis Kareklas, emphasizing that the said show is not going to become a political conduit for anyone, nor will it serve interests.
Source: SigmaLive