EUBusiness: Turkish Cypriots slam France over military drills
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Turkish Cypriots slam France over military drills
A Turkish Cypriot official slammed France on Wednesday over its decision to take part in military exercises with Greek Cypriots on divided Cyprus, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported. Turgay Avci, foreign minister of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, denounced France's participation in the June 2-6 drills as a partial stance in favour of the Greek Cypriots at a time when efforts are under way to revive talks to reunify the island. "France's participation in the exercises cannot be seen as a sign of goodwill at a time when France is preparing to take over the EU presidency and when a negotiation process is under way in Cyprus," he told Anatolia in an interview, calling on Paris to "carefully review" its decision.
