Our View: Akel’s Nato obsession defies logic

Akel general secretary Stefanos Stefanou outlined his party’s main positions on the Cyprus issue at a meeting he had with ambassadors of the EU member-states. His main message was that the convergences achieved over the years should be safeguarded and that the mooted introduction of new ideas about the form of a settlement would create new areas of confrontation rather than facilitating an agreement of the two sides.

In theory, he had a point, but nine years have passed since then, and it...