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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

..:: ABHABER.COM : AK Party faces a new dilemma: EU or Iran?

"AK Party faces a new dilemma: EU or Iran?

By Ayhan Simsek

Many observers predicted that this year was going to be a year of crisis between the European Union and Turkey over Cyprus. But international developments in the first month of the year have already made Cyprus a secondary issue. Now Iran, with the deepening of the nuclear crisis and differences between the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party and Brussels, is dominating the EU-Turkish agenda.

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and French Foreign Minster Philippe Douste-Blazy's consecutive visits to Ankara on Wednesday and next week will mainly focus on the Iranian nuclear crisis. "

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