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Friday, November 27, 2009

Turkey off the hook over Cyprus dispute

"Turkey off the hook over Cyprus dispute

FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE -- 11/27/2009
Politicians in Nicosia have been left stunned after the European Parliament approved a draft European Council document which all but rules out action against Turkey, irrespective of the Turkish government ignoring the Ankara Protocol that it signed in 2005.

'It is very clear that the implementation (of the accord) is an obligation for Turkey... and we will express ourselves on the issue' at a summit in December, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, told a press conference."

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