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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