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| Turkey rejects British-Greek Cypriot agreement A memorandum of understanding signed between Britain and the Greek Cypriot administration "casted a shadow" on efforts to reach a permanent and a fair settlement to the Cyprus problem, Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. British Premier Gordon Brown and Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding which made reference to "a federation based on a bi-communal and bi-zonal structure in the ethnically divided island." "The memorandum of understanding, which is away from being constructive at a time when the two leaders of the island engaged in a negotiations process, is a negative intervention," the ministry said in a statement. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/...id=231&sz=83941 |