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Co-chairman of EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Commission Joost Lagendijk has stressed that the European Union should ask the Greek Cypriot Administration to end its blockade of the Direct Trade Regulation, which was prepared to support the Turkish Cypriot economy.

He said that the Greek Cypriot Administration was acting against the interests of the European Union.
Underlining the importance of the implementation of the Regulation, Mr Lagendijk said that the Greek Cypriot Side has been acting against the interests of the European Union with the support of some EU member countries.

According to AB Haber news agency, Mr Lagendijk said that the Greek Cypriot Side – which rejected the Annan Plan – had been awarded with EU membership and added that he understood the Turkish Cypriot people’s disappointment with the EU.

He said the implementation of the Direct Regulation was in interest of the European Union.

`The European Union should now tell the Greek Cypriot Side to lift its blockade` he noted.