"The Horizon This Week
The EU, Turkey and Cyprus
Arshad-uz Zaman
As negotiations continue for the membership of Turkey in the 25-nation powerful European Union, Turkey has come forward and unveiled her plan recently for removing the political obstacle posed by Cyprus (South). Although the plan has been initially rejected by Cyprus and her mentor Greece as 'old wine in new bottle' the 10-point Cyprus Plan of Turkey is an interesting initiative to break the logjam.
We may recall that after hard bargaining during the last European Union (EU) Summit it was decided that a date was set for the start of serious negotiations between Turkey and the EU. The idea is that EU will thoroughly examine the progress of Turkey in all possible fields which includes human rights, the state of the economy and related matters. Turkey should be considered to have achieved a standard at par with other member states."
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