"Frustrated Turkey inches forward in talks with EU
21 Dec 2009 14:47:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Turkey opens environment chapter of EU entry talks
* Ankara frustrated over slow membership negotiations
By Justyna Pawlak
BRUSSELS, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Turkey took a step forward on Monday in its efforts to join the European Union but expressed frustration over slow progress in its entry talks, largely held up by a dispute with EU member Cyprus.
At a meeting in Brussels, the EU opened a new area of negotiations covering environment policy, but kept discussions on eight other topics frozen because of Turkey's failure to lift a blockade on Cypriot sea and air traffic."
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