Jack Straw claims EU was duped by Cyprus

Former British foreign secretary Jack Straw advocates a two-state solution for ending the Cyprus problem and said the country tricked its way into joining the EU. In an article published in Politico, he said the EU effectively presided over the frozen conflict by accepting Cyprus’ membership despite their rejection of the Annan plan in 2004. Straw called for a two-state solution for the divided island should talks for a charter for a united Cyprus fail yet again. “There is, in my view, only one way through this impasse. “And that is for the international community to commit itself to a