"Turkey refuses to budge for EU
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Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos, in Rome yesterday.
Athens yesterday labeled as "absurd" the Ankara's insistence that it will not recognize Cyprus in the buildup to the December 17 European Union summit, when the possibility of Turkey eventually joining the union is to be discussed.
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said that his government had no intention of recognizing Cyprus as it had already "done our part" by supporting UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan�s plan for reunification, which was rejected by Greek-Cypriots in an April referendum."
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