Friday, February 24, 2006

Schussel Increases Pressure On Turkey Over Cyprus

"Schussel Increases Pressure On Turkey Over Cyprus, by Lorys Charalambous, for LawAndTax-News.com, Cyprus 24 February 2006

Speaking on Tuesday following a meeting with Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos, Austria's Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, the current President of the Council of the EU, warned that Turkey has until the end of the year to recognise the Cypriot government and open its ports and airports to Cypriot-flagged vessels.

“The Austrian Presidency is doing everything in its power to support the current UN-sponsored process”, the Chancellor stated, continuing:

“We know the situation is very complex and difficult and that it will not be easy to solve this conflict.'"

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