"EU divided over counter declaration on Cyprus
01.09.2005 - 18:14 CET | By Mark Beunderman
EUOBSERVER / NEWPORT - EU foreign ministers meeting in Wales are struggling to hammer out a declaration on Cyprus meant to pave the way for accession talks with Turkey.
The 'Declaration in response', as one diplomat termed it, should represent the EU's answer to the unilateral declaration by Ankara of 29 July.
The Turkish declaration stated that its signature to extend a customs agreement with the EU to all new member states - including Cyprus - did not mean recognition of the Mediterranean island state."
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