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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-11-03
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[01] TURKEY - EU
[01] TURKEY - EU
Cyprus Government Spokesman Christodoulos Pashiardis pledged Friday
that the government will continue to cooperate and consult with the
Finnish EU presidency, which continues efforts to promote its proposals
with a view to avert a crisis in the relations between the EU and
Turkey.
Pashiardis comments came one day after Finish Foreign Minister Erkki
Tumioja announced that it was not possible to hold a meeting, scheduled
for November 5 - 6 between all parties concerned aiming to find a
solution that ``enables the uninterrupted continuation of Turkey`s
accession negotiations and improves the situation of both communities
in Cyprus,`` and that work would continue on political level.
``As it was expected the Turkish side has started attributing
responsibility to our side for the cancellation of the meeting and that
is no surprise``, Pashiardis said, adding that it would be surprising
if Turkey ``stayed silenced.``
``It would be even more surprising if Turkey did not resort to its
usual tactics to proclaim itself innocent and to distort the truth``,
he added.
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