"Greek Cypriot press says Turkey EU deal is 'honourable compromise' 17/12/2004
The Greek Cypriot press Friday said a draft EU agreement to give Turkey a date for starting accession talks to the bloc was an honourable compromise as it included recognition of Cyprus. The newspapers were commenting the historic offer to commence membership talks with Turkey from October 3 next year made at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday. EU-member Cyprus had not ruled out using its veto over the recognition issue if Turkey refused to budge. One condition for accession talks to begin is that Ankara signs a customs protocol to include the 10 newest nations -- including Cyprus. "
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