Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Turkey: Key Meeting on Cyprus Could Have Large Impact on Ankara's EU Bid

"TURKEY: KEY MEETING ON CYPRUS COULD HAVE LARGE IMPACT ON ANKARA’S EU BID
Yigal Schleifer 6/30/08

After decades of stalemate, a new peace process in Cyprus may finally be moving the two sides on the divided island towards reunification, analysts say. But failure this time around, experts add, would create a lasting source of political tension that not only could wreck any hope of Turkish accession to the European Union, but also hamper the EU’s and NATO’s strategic operations in Eurasia and the Middle East."

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