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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Turkish Cypriot leader gloomy on UN talks

"Turkish Cypriot leader gloomy on UN talks

By Tony Barber in Brussels

Published: September 15 2009 13:32 | Last updated: September 15 2009 13:32

United Nations-brokered negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem are making slow progress, increasing the risk that the divided island will never be reunited as a federal state, the Turkish Cypriot leader said on Tuesday.

“It’s the last chance for a solution,” Mehmet Ali Talat told the Financial Times in an interview. “Time is not in favour of a solution. How many attempts are we going to make, only to fail?”"

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