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Article: EU/NORTHERN CYPRUS: NICOSIA MUST MOVE TO END DEADLOCK ON THE CYPRIOT QUESTION, SAYS MEP.(European Union)(Member of European Parliament)
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- European Report
- Article date:
- September 29, 2004
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"President Papadopoulos must himself take the initiative of re-launching talks with Turkish Cypriots, otherwise I cannot see how the UN, the European Union or the United States might be encouraged to move on the issue of the reunification of the island", says Mr Kassoulides. Since stepping down from his post as Foreign Minister and securing a seat in the European Parliament on a Christian Democrat ticket, Ioannis Kassoulides has felt able to speak more freely and has not hesitated to give some suggestions. "If I were in the place of the Cypriot Government", he indicated, "I would begin by launching direct dialogue with the new Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat and ...