"The Green Line is no longer a line on the map of Nicosia, it's a line on
the whole map of Cyprus." from
http://www.kypros.org/Lefkosia/line.htm , the
homepage of the Nicosia municipality.
I think it can be hard to define the true meaning of the Green Line, and I
think the above statement represents my understanding well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 9:35 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Boundaries of Cyprus
> the line between turkish & greek military forces at least in nicosia
> at the time of the cease fire
>
> dont know if the line extends anywhere beyond nicosia tho
> i mean except as followed by the buffer zone itself
>
> do you
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@i...>
> wrote:
> > Mike
> >
> > What do you understand by the "Green Line"?
> >
> > Jesper
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@h...>
> > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:12 PM
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Boundaries of Cyprus
> >
> >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Meynell <knm@m...>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >the implications for tripointing are still unclear
> > > >
> > > > I have yet to find a map that plots the lines of control in an
> > > accurate
> > > > enough way to determine points of any kind. I walked both sides
> of
> > > the
> > > > buffer zone in Nicosia, and followed the line (on the
> Greek/British
> > > side)
> > > > in a few areas elsewhere in Cyprus, and think you could only
> draw a
> > > > definitive border by noting the placement of barricades on the
> > > ground.
> > > >
> > > > In some places such as the Roccas bastion/Paphos Gate area of
> > > Nicosia, you
> > > > could probably pinpoint a CYKKUN tripoint with reasonable
> accuracy,
> > > but in
> > > > other areas these can probably only exist in the imagination.
> > >
> > > yes i can certainly appreciate that there might be triareas
> rather
> > > than exact tripoints
> > > tho it might be even more fun in those cases
> > > to try to get a precise fix on the triangle of uncertainty
> > >
> > > i have also been thinking that because kokkina has no green line
> but
> > > only a buffer zone
> > > the green line may be less definitive of reality somehow than the
> > > neutral zone
> > >
> > > but be that as it may
> > > it seems to me the 4 primary tripoints we have previously
> identified
> > > do continue to hold up
> > > even if they should melt down a little into triareas
> > > & even if they should also get splayed a bit farther apart
> > > in the event that the green line fell outside the buffer zone at
> the
> > > sba conjunctions
> > >
> > > for we dont know those 2 critical details yet do we
> > >
> > > but i think the same 4 old tripoints or triareas where the
> buffers
> > > meet the sba are probably still the primary ones in reality
> > > approximately anyway
> > >
> > > any other views
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Kevin Meynell
> > >
> > >
> > >
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