Thursday, October 25, 2007

Cyprus ire at UK pact with Turkey

"Cyprus ire at UK pact with Turkey

Athens and Nicosia yesterday complained to London about a cooperation pact signed by the British and Turkish prime ministers which refers to the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus as the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.”

Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Marcoullis complained to Britain’s High Commissioner to Cyprus Peter Millet. Millet said the document – which foresees closer economic cooperation between Britain and the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus – “contained nothing new.”

“Britain’s policy of non-recognition... remains unchanged,” he said."

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