EUROPEAN COMMISSION SETS DECEMBER 6 AS DEADLINE FOR TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.11.2006 17:38 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Finland, the holder of the rotating EU presidency,
has given Turkey a respite until December 6 to resolve the Cyprus
deadlock. In his speech to members of parliamentary EU affairs
committees in Helsinki, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen stated
that the European Commission would take a recommendatory decision
about the Cyprus issue in the first week of December, adding that
the decision will be discussed at the General Affairs and External
Relations Council meeting to be held on December 11.

The deadline for Turkey as Vanhannen stated is before the decision on
advice. On one hand European commission is demanding opening the sea
and airports to Greek Cypriots and on the other Turkey is demanding
the lifting of the isolations on The Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus. "Time is running out", the Finnish premier remarked. "If
Turkey does not honor its commitments, the EU will need to reconsider
the implications for the accession process," Mr. Vanhanen noted,
reports Cihan News Agency.