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EU's Rehn plays down Turkey reform setback - 03 Jul 2006 - World News

"EU's Rehn plays down Turkey reform setback

9.20am Monday July 3, 2006

HELSINKI, Finland - European Union enlargement chief Olli Rehn has played a setback for Turkey's faltering reforms but urged Ankara to press ahead with political and legal changes.

In a Finnish television interview, Rehn said a veto by Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer of a bill establishing an ombudsman as required by Brussels as part of Ankara's EU membership bid was not the end of the story."

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