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Mr Erdogan said Turkey is committed to a deal on Cyprus (Photo: European Commission)

Turkey pushes for Cyprus solution

Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for the appointment of a mediator to help make progress in the talks aimed at reuniting the divided island of Cyprus.

After talks with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mr Erdogan said that "Turkey will fulfill all its responsibilities to this end. We want this process to come to an end by May 1, 2004", he said, quoted by Anadolu Agency.

In what is seen as a breakthrough in the sta...

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Mr Erdogan said Turkey is committed to a deal on Cyprus (Photo: European Commission)

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