"Cyprus warns Turkey on EU accession
Tuesday 22 March 2005, 18:31 Makka Time, 15:31 GMT
Turkey must extend a European Union customs accord to include Cyprus before October if it wants to start accession talks with the 25-member bloc, Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos has warned.
He said signing the protocol would be the 'first significant step in normalising relations between the Cyprus Republic and Turkey.'
Cyprus is the only EU member with which Turkey has no formal diplomatic ties."
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