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[01] Verheugen says EU ready to accommodate Cyprus solution

[01] Verheugen says EU ready to accommodate Cyprus solution

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Verheugen says EU ready to accommodate Cyprus solution

by Rebekah Gregoriades

Brussels, Mar 25 (CNA) -- The European Union is ready to accommodate a solution of the Cyprus problem as long as it is in line with the fundamental principles of the Union, Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen said today, noting that the EU will help towards a settlement and will be flexible.

Speaking after a meeting in Brussels with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Verheugen said any changes to the solution plan proposed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan were not the concern of the EU, adding that if the two sides on the island or Greece and Turkey agreed on a settlement, then that would be fine with the EU.

Erdogan said this year was important for Turkey because the EU was expected to decide in December on a date to commence accession negotiations. "We spoke about the prospects of this," Erdogan said.

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