"Straw backs Turkish offer on Cyprus
Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:53 PM GMT169
By Jean Christou and Simon Bahceli
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Britain lent its support on Wednesday to Turkish proposals to revive a long-stalled attempt to reunify Cyprus.
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, sounding out prospects for resuming the talks, said the deadlock in the European Union member 'served no one'.
Diplomats fear a crisis over Cyprus could also blight Turkey's hopes of joining the European Union, a key foreign policy objective of Britain and the United States, which say it will bring stability to the region."
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