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US say closing economic gap in Cyprus will help solution

Nicosia, Feb 11 (CNA) - The United States believe that closing the economic gap between the two sides in Cyprus will help pave the way toward a sustainable settlement of the Cyprus problem, US Ambassador in Nicosia Michael Klosson told a press conference in the Turkish occupied areas of the island today on the Cyprus Partnership for Economic Growth (CyPEG).

Klosson said that ''wherever possible, restrictions on trade, whether on or off the island, should be removed,'' adding that the United States are ''confident that by investing in the Turkish Cypriot economy, we are making an investment in the whole of Cyprus that will