Scenarios Regarding Alternative Ways Out

BRUSSELS (AA) - Scenarios circulate in Council lobbies regarding alternative ways out as the meeting between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, continued.
     The first scenario is, ''Turkey will accept extending Ankara Agreement to cover all the European Union (EU) countries including Greek Cypriot administration, by putting some conditions.''
     Diplomatic sources said the EU presidency would then have the chance to put pressure on the Greek Cypriot side.
     The second scenario says, ''Turkey will depart from Brussels without signing presidency conclusion added to final statement.'' Diplomatic sources said the ''ties would not be broken'' in this case, stating that a negotiation process that will continue till October 3rd, 2005 could start.
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2004-12-17