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CONTENTS

[01] EPP calls on Turkey to normalise relations with Cyprus

[02] Liberal leaders urge Turkey to sign Protocol on Cyprus

[03] Marathon negotiations expected on EU Council conclusions

[01] EPP calls on Turkey to normalise relations with Cyprus

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EPP calls on Turkey to normalise relations with Cyprus

Nicosia, Dec 16 (CNA) The European People's Party (EPP) has called on Turkey to sign the protocol on the adaptation of the Ankara Agreement and to normalise its relations with Cyprus.

The position is included in a declaration issued at the end of the EPP summit in Brussels today that took place prior to the start of the European Council this evening. Democratic Rally leader Nicos Anastasiades participated in the meeting.

The EPP declaration said it takes it as a matter of course that a candidate country maintains a standard of relations with all member states which do not harm this process.

It is therefore expected that Turkey will sign the protocol regarding the adaptation of the Ankara Agreement, taking account of the accession of the ten member states that joined the Union on 1 May 2004, it added.

[02] Liberal leaders urge Turkey to sign Protocol on Cyprus

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Liberal leaders urge Turkey to sign Protocol on Cyprus

By Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Dec 16 (CNA) Prime Ministers of Denmark, Finland and Belgium, shortly before the beginning of the European Union Summit in Brussels, called on Turkey to sign the protocol extending its Customs Union to Cyprus.

[03] Marathon negotiations expected on EU Council conclusions

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Marathon negotiations expected on EU Council conclusions

By Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Dec 16 (CNA) Consultations on whether to grant Turkey a date to start accession talks with the European Union could continue well into the early hours of Friday, diplomatic sources in Brussels have told CNA, as all indications are that there will be no conclusion during the EU leaders working dinner this evening, which opened the European Council.

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