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Article: Turkish Cypriot PM calls for end of isolation
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 10, 2004
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Turkish Cypriot PM calls for end of isolation
NICOSIA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Mehmet
Ali Talat on Tuesday urged the international community to end
isolation of his community as soon as possible, the news agency of
"Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC) reported.
Talat said the isolation of his community should be ended before
the European Union starts talks with Turkey on the latter's
membership of the bloc.
If the issue of isolation is not solved when Turkey gets a start
date for membership negotiations at the European Union (EU) summit to
be held in December, Turkish Cypriot side's stance towards Cyprus
issue would be weakened, he said.
He noted that ...