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Monday, May 25, 2009

Turkey’s leadership is more than ready for a solution

"Turkey’s leadership is more than ready for a solution
By Jasper Mortimer

Letter from Ankara

A NEW momentum seems to be developing. In the past four weeks, Turkey has sent a series of signals that it wants a settlement in Cyprus; that the negotiators haven’t got “all day”, they must move.

Cypriots have seen so many initiatives to resolve their division that they’ve grown sceptical. “We’ve been here before,” is the standard response. But the latest signals are interesting.

April 21: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells reporters he wants to see a solution in Cyprus “by the end of 2009”."

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