"Greek Cyprus seeks tougher conditions on June 12
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
ANKARA - TDN with Reuters
Greek Cyprus is trying to toughen a critical European Union report on Turkey's membership bid to add an implicit threat to break off talks later this year, but Britain and the European Commission are resisting, according to the draft report obtained by Reuters.
The proposed EU position for next week's foreign ministers' meeting with Turkey in Luxembourg showed Greek Cyprus was seeking to establish a direct linkage between the advancement of the negotiations and Turkey's obligation to open its ports and airports to traffic from Greek Cyprus under an extension of its customs union with the bloc."
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