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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8071

17 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 45
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/cyprus

16/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - At the meeting of the joint EU/Cyprus Parliamentary Committee in Brussels on 9/10 October, Commissioner Verheugen signalled that the Commission would like the problem of the partition of the island to be settled before Cyprus joins the EU, although this is not a membership criterion. He regretted that the Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, turned down the invitation from the United Nations Secretary General to reopen negotiations under the auspices of the UN....

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