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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-10-10
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[01] IRISH PRESIDENT - CYPRUS - TURKEY - EU
[01] IRISH PRESIDENT - CYPRUS - TURKEY - EU
If Turkey wants to join the European Union, it must embark on a process
to normalise gradually its relations with Cyprus, Irish President Mary
McAleese has said, adding that Turkey has an important role to play in
Europe but also has to go through a long and painstaking process of
reform.
In an interview with CNA, on the occasion of her state visit to Cyprus,
McAleese also said that Cyprus has had a powerful impact on the
European Union since its accession in May 2004, pointing out that both
her country and Cyprus, as EU members, are offered the chance to
magnify their voice rather than drown it.
On the political front, she said both countries are politically divided
with a legacy of mistrust and noted that the peace process in her
native Ireland has advanced much further than the equivalent in
Cyprus.
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