"UN secretary-general urges Turkey to solve problems with Armenia, Cyprus
By Selcan Hacaoglu (CP) – 37 minutes ago
ISTANBUL — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday praised Turkey's contributions to world peace but encouraged it to be more active in solving its own conflicts with Armenia and Cyprus.
Turkey said Monday it would not ratify a deal to normalize ties with Armenia until Armenian forces were withdrawn from the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in Azerbaijan. On Cyprus, it insists on the lifting of what it calls an unofficial trade embargo on the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in return for opening Turkey's ports to ships and planes from Cyprus."
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