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"As the honourable Member no doubt knows, the current direct talks concerning Cyprus are confidential. The Council is well aware that no breakthrough has yet been made in the talks, and that disappointingly little progress has so far been made, which has also been stated by the UN Security Council according to the report which Mr de Soto, the UN Special Envoy for Cyprus, issued on 9 July. As the talks are now continuing, the Council expects the parties to increase their efforts with a view to taking advantage of the current unique opportunity and finally make the necessary progress towards a solution – hopefully before the accession negotiations are concluded. The decisions concerning the accession of the candidate countries must be taken before the end of the year within the normal enlargement procedure on the basis of the Commission’s report and the recommendations which the Commission will put forward in its document on the enlargement strategy, which we expect by October.
With regard to the accession of Cyprus, the EU’s view, which was put forward once again in Seville, is in line with the Helsinki conclusions, to the effect that a solution of the Cyprus problem will facilitate Cyprus’s accession to the EU. A solution is not, however, a prerequisite for Cyprus’s accession. When it takes its decision, the Council will take into account all the relevant factors. That is a position which it is wise to adhere to, and so we all hope, and cross our fingers, that advantage will be taken of this ‘window of opportunity’, this unique opportunity which there will be this autumn to resolve this extremely old and tragic problem on this wonderful island."@en1
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