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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8694

28 April 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/cyprus
After victory of "no" vote in referendum of 24 April, Turkish Cypriots ask for Cyprus's accession to be suspended

Brussels, 27/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, according to local press agency TAK quoted by Associated Press, the Turkish Cypriot "Prime Minister" Mehemet Ali Talat called upon the European Union to suspend Cyprus's accession planned for 1 May, in order "not to reward the Greek Cypriots", who voted "no" to the Annan plan on the unification of their island in the referendum of 24 April (see yesterday's EUROPE, pages 4 and 5). "We are calling for the EU's laws not to be applied to the...

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