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Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Turkey on collision course with EU, says Cyprus

Turkey on collision course with EU, says Cyprus

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus warned on Tuesday that Turkey's refusal to open its ports and airports to the island would place it on a collision course with the EU in 2006. Diplomats fear Turkey's EU entry talks may hit a crisis next year over Cyprus, represented in the bloc by a Greek Cypriot government not recognised by Ankara. In comments sure to rile the Greek Cypriots, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener told Reuters over the weekend that Ankara would not make any unilateral moves to open its ports to Cypriot-flagged vessels.