"Cyprus a roadblock to union
By Andrew Borowiec
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
August 14, 2005
GENEVA -- The European Union, beset by a constitutional crisis, is faced with diplomatic difficulties over Turkey's refusal to recognize the Greek Cypriot government in Cyprus.
The Turkish position threatens to delay its planned EU accession talks and could harm Turkey's candidacy, at the same time affecting the union's fragile consensus on the delicate issue of Muslim Turkey's European credentials.
EU foreign ministers are to meet in London to mull over Turkey's categorical rejection of any form of pressure over Cyprus, divided between its Turkish and Greek ethnic communities. "
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