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"EU welcomes Cyprus talks, offers support

BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission welcomed Friday a decision by rival Cypriot leaders to begin talks on ending the decades-long division of the island, and offered any support the two sides might require.

'The European Commission considers that this is an important step towards finding a mutually acceptable solution to allow the reunification of Cyprus,' the EU executive arm's chief Jose Manuel Barroso said in a statement."

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