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Article: Greek Cypriots to take any EU direct trade with Turkish Cypriots to European Court
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- January 25, 2005
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ALEX EFTY, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-25-2005
Dateline: ATHENS, Greece
Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos threatened Tuesday to fight in the European Court any decision by the European Commission to directly trade with the Turkish part of the island.
Papadopoulos said after meeting Greek Premier Costas Caramanlis that his government would go to the court if its EU partners went ahead with a July proposal by the commission to offer trade privileges to the breakaway state in the Turkish-occupied north.
"We are against any direct trade with the illegal breakaway state and if this is approved by the European Commission, then we will go to the court and fight it," said ...