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The parliament needs more "appropriate" tools to deal with the Turkish Cypriot issue, says Mr Ozdemir (Photo: Cem Özdemir)

Parliament group split over Turkish Cypriot approach

A body of MEPs created to strengthen relations with the Turkish-Cypriot community is "no longer the appropriate instrument for the European Parliament to effectively deal with the Cyprus issue", according to German Green MEP Cem Ozdemir.

In a letter to Hans-Gert Poettering, president of the European parliament, Mr Ozdemir says he will not participate in a delegation visit to Cyprus by the so-called "High-Level Contact Group for relations with the Turkish-Cypriot community in the Norther...

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The parliament needs more "appropriate" tools to deal with the Turkish Cypriot issue, says Mr Ozdemir (Photo: Cem Özdemir)

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