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Monday, January 23, 2006

FT.com / World - Turkey in fresh move to end Cyprus impasse

"Turkey in fresh move to end Cyprus impasse
By Vincent Boland in Ankara and Daniel Dombey in Brussels
Published: January 23 2006 18:53 | Last updated: January 23 2006 18:53

Turkey will today announce a fresh initiative to try to break the deadlock on Cyprus in another effort to reinvigorate its fractious ties with the European Union, after yesterday abandoning its prosecution of the novelist Orhan Pamuk.

Abdullah Gul, Turkey’s foreign minister, said Ankara would publish “a detailed statement” on Cyprus on Tuesday. He did not give details but diplomats said it might include proposals to end trade embargoes and EU aid for the divided island and to revive a United Nations proposal for reunification."

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