Tuesday, November 30, 2004

ekathimerini.com | EU leak over Turkish bid

"EU leak over Turkish bid
Ankara insisted yesterday that it would not recognize the Republic of Cyprus before the December 17 European Union summit which will determine whether to grant Turkey a date for the start of EU accession talks.
This came just after a draft of the summit statement, prepared by the Dutch EU presidency, was leaked to the press. This set a strict framework for negotiations, called for de facto Turkish recognition of Cyprus and provided for suspension of talks with Ankara if a third of EU members decides that Turkey has gone back on reform pledges."

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