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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

EU lawmakers urge Turkey to speed Cyprus cooperation — EUbusiness.com - business, legal and economic news and information from the European Union

"EU lawmakers urge Turkey to speed Cyprus cooperation
11 February 2009, 18:17 CET

(BRUSSELS) - European lawmakers warned Turkey Wednesday that its failure to open up its ports to ships from Cyprus could undermine its hopes of joining the European Union.

In a resolution adopted by 65 votes to one, with four abstentions, the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee expressed regret that an EU-Turkey customs accord had still not been extended to member state Cyprus."

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