"Turkey urges Cyprus reunification deal before island takes over EU presidency mid-2012
By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, July 9, 9:39 AM
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Turkey’s foreign minister has called for a deal reunifying ethnically split Cyprus before the island assumes the European Union’s presidency in mid-2012.
Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday that a “new state” reunifying Greek and Turkish Cypriots would make a Cyprus EU presidency legitimate because it would represent the whole island."
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