Cyprus wants Turkish &#39;normalisation&#39; move by next March: FM
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BRUSSELS, Dec 13  - Cyprus wants Turkey to demonstrate willingness to normalize its relations with the Cypriot government before an EU summit next March, Cypriot Foreign Minister George Iacovou said Monday.
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NICOSIA: Cyprus has upped the ante in its demands for recognition from Turkey, warning its European Union partners it may otherwise veto the start of accession talks with Ankara, local newspapers reported.
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Greek Cypriot Leader Tasos Papadopulous released a tough statement on Turkey arguing that it will be impossible for Ankara to start negotiations with the European Union (EU) without recognizing Cyprus (the Greek Cypriot side).
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Turkey moved closer to winning a date for the start of European Union entry negotiations after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to heal Turkey&#39;s diplomatic standoff with new EU member Cyprus.
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EU President Finland said today a Turkish offer to open one port to Cypriot ships did not go far enough and expected member states next week to agree on a partial freeze of accession talks with Ankara.Comment
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that a United Nations plan to reunite divided Cyprus that was rejected by Greek Cypriots could be revised as he called for new efforts to resolve the dispute.
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Turkey plans to open a port and an airport to traffic from Cyprus, among the demands set by the European Union for Turkey to make progress in talks on membership of the bloc, EU President Finland said on Thursday.
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The European Union&#39;s (EU) Dutch Term President, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkanende, has called on relevant parties in the Cyprus issue to restart negotiations.
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European Union leaders agreed Thursday to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership, but the Turkish premier said more talks were needed &#151; presumably over the divided island of Cyprus &#151; before he could accept the offer.
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European Union leaders said they had agreed to open accession talks with Turkey on October 3 next year, but that Ankara must recognise Cyprus before then.
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The European Parliament today called on European Union leaders to open membership talks with Turkey âwithout undue delay,â and urged Ankara to carry out more democratic reforms and moves toward recognising Cyprus.
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Turkey will push to improve its democracy and human rights record regardless of whether European Union leaders decide in December to begin membership talks with Ankara, the government said Monday.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he expected no discriminatory conditions to be attached when European Union leaders decide in December whether to open entry talks with Ankara.
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Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis will discuss Cyprus and bilateral issues during a trip to Ankara that begins on Wednesday, the first official visit to Turkey by a Greek premier since 1959.
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Turkey is ready to back any new UN effort to resolve the Cyprus conflict, a major obstacle on its way to European Union membership, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
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The European Union expects Turkey to initial an accord on Friday giving Cyprus de facto recognition and sign it before Ankara opens EU membership talks on Oct. 3, 2005, a draft final summit statement said on Friday.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey will push to improve its democracy and human rights record regardless of whether European Union leaders decide in December to begin membership talks with Ankara, the government said Monday.