050313 - Agenzia GIBRAHAYER

Dear subscribers,

On Thursday March 10, 2005 The Cyprus Mail published a letter from Nicos Margolis from London which touches important political issues related to the Armenian community of Cyprus, the Annan Plan, as well as prospects for reunification.
I think we should all write to the Cyprus Mail and express our views.
Here is the somewhat provocative letter to The Editor in its entirety.

TO ARMENIANS TOO MUST WORK FOR REUNIFICATION
Sir,
While 75% of Greek Cypriots voted against the Annan plan, a far higher figure - almost 100% - of Armenian Cypriots voted "NO".
However, according to reports, Armenian reasons were not based upon economics, the return of refugees or territory, but on a visceral distrust of Turks (and Turkish Cypriots - they fail to distinguish between the two).
Much as I sympathise with the Armenian suffering at the hands of the Turks and condemn the 1915 Genocide, I believe as a "YES" voter and a Greek Cypriot, that they have no right to hinder reunification efforts in Cyprus today.
It makes me angry that they voted, to keep my country and my people divided. Preservation of the wall of divide is both unforgivable and against the interests of Cyprus.
I have many good Turkish Cypriot friends who in the face of intimidation are bravely fighting for reunification. Ancestral hatreds have no place in Cyprus, an island that needs more love, not hate. Armenians should contribute toward unification efforts.

Nicos Margolis - London
Dear subscribers,
This letter might be seemingly unimportant.
After all it is the opinion of one man.
It is neither the opinion of a political organisation or the newspaper.
However, it is an opportunity to voice our opinion and show that we are following everything that is going on around us and we are not in eternal hibernation.

Please write to the Editor of The Cyprus Mail Kosta Pavlowitch at editor@cyprus-mail.com or call him on 22 818585.
In the next issue of Gibrahayer, I will publish the responses that you have sent to The Cyprus Mail should you wish to share them with the rest of us.

Finally I would like to thank Harout Der Bedrossian for bringing the piece to my attention.

Simon Aynedjian - Nicosia

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