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Bagis: Turkey to suspend talks with EU during Cyprus' presidency
April 30, 2012 - 13:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey will not open negotiation chapters with the
EU during Cyprus' presidency term in the second half of 2012, Turkey's
EU Minister and chief negotiator Egemen BaÄ?ıÅ? said, Hurriyet Daily
News reported.
`If the Greek Cypriots want to open a chapter with us, we will give
them a date after their presidency is over, and open the chapter then.
In the meantime, our relations with the commission, Parliament and EU
member countries will continue the same,' BaÄ?ıÅ? said in an interview
with the private NTV news channel.
`We don't have relations with Greek Cyprus today, so we're not going
to start one just because someone appointed them as president,' BaÄ?ıÅ?
said.
Meanwhile, Alexander Downer, the UN special envoy for Cyprus, said the
UN saw no reason to host further meetings of the two Cypriot leaders
`unless there is a clear indication from both sides that there is
something substantial they wish to conclude.'
`UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon scrapped plans for an international
conference on Cyprus set for late this month or in early May because
insufficient progress had been made in talks,' Downer said but added
that Ban `still held out hope for a conference in the summer.'
From: A. Papazian
April 30, 2012 - 13:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey will not open negotiation chapters with the
EU during Cyprus' presidency term in the second half of 2012, Turkey's
EU Minister and chief negotiator Egemen BaÄ?ıÅ? said, Hurriyet Daily
News reported.
`If the Greek Cypriots want to open a chapter with us, we will give
them a date after their presidency is over, and open the chapter then.
In the meantime, our relations with the commission, Parliament and EU
member countries will continue the same,' BaÄ?ıÅ? said in an interview
with the private NTV news channel.
`We don't have relations with Greek Cyprus today, so we're not going
to start one just because someone appointed them as president,' BaÄ?ıÅ?
said.
Meanwhile, Alexander Downer, the UN special envoy for Cyprus, said the
UN saw no reason to host further meetings of the two Cypriot leaders
`unless there is a clear indication from both sides that there is
something substantial they wish to conclude.'
`UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon scrapped plans for an international
conference on Cyprus set for late this month or in early May because
insufficient progress had been made in talks,' Downer said but added
that Ban `still held out hope for a conference in the summer.'
From: A. Papazian