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"en.20110927.33.2-735-500"2
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"The problem with the partitioning of Cyprus should have been resolved before beginning accession negotiations with Turkey, as was promised on numerous occasions. As it was not resolved, Turkey takes everything as a pretext for reiterating that it does not acknowledge the Republic of Cyprus’s sovereignty and for supporting the north of the island, which is under Turkish military occupation. At present, tensions have been rekindled in relation to oil and gas drilling in the eastern Mediterranean within the island’s exclusive economic zone. The European Union has limited itself to refusing to come out in favour of either side, calling for moderation and respect for international rules. It has not even had the decency to express solidarity with one of its members, nor even to confirm that, in this matter, Cyprus is clearly well within its rights. It refuses to recognise that for months, Turkey has been declaring that it is willing to resist European constraints on internal reform and to return to a foreign policy that is more in line with its own geostrategic interests. They are entitled to do so. However, the action must be noted and Brussels and Ankara must accept the consequences: quite simply, that it is no longer credible to pursue the accession negotiations."@en1
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