US support easing of ”economic isolation” of Turkish Cypriots

The US supports the easing of the ”economic isolation” of Turkish Cypriots as a way to
reduce disparities between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, and thereby facilitate reunification of the island, a State Department press release said.
Asked to comment on the text adopted by European Union Foreign Ministers saying that ”work aiming at the adoption of the Commission proposal for a Council Regulation on special conditions for trade with areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control must resume without delay,” the State Department said that ”we are pleased to see the EU following up on a commitment it made to Turkish Cypriots in 2004.”
”We support the easing of the economic isolation of Turkish Cypriots as a way to reduce disparities between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, and thereby facilitate reunification of the island,” the press release noted.
”This is, ultimately, a matter for the EU to decide,” it concluded.