"Tassos rejects link as Finns step up bid to break the deadlock
By Elias Hazou
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos reiterated yesterday there could be connection between the breakaway regime’s economic ties to the EU and efforts to persuade Turkey to open its ports to Cypriot traffic.
He was making the statements at Larnaca airport, shortly after arriving from New York where he had attended the UN General Assembly.
Papadopoulos said the “so-called isolation” of the Turkish Cypriots was unrelated to Turkey’s compliance with the customs union protocol.
“We want a solution to the Cyprus problem yesterday,” Papadopoulos said, “but one which truly reunites the country.”"
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