"The Cyprus Issue - Continuity or Change in Merkel’s stance?
Wednesday , 21 February 2007
By Irem GUNEY (JTW)
The recent statement of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as the EU term-president indicating that new EU measures would be implemented in order to ease the economic sanctions imposed on the Turkish Cypriots brought about a new shape to the discussions on the solution of the Cyprus problem. This development is the second step of the agreement of EU Foreign Ministers in January on pursuing the opening-up of trade ties with the Northern Cyprus. "
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