"EU leak over Turkish bid
Ankara insisted yesterday that it would not recognize the Republic of Cyprus before the December 17 European Union summit which will determine whether to grant Turkey a date for the start of EU accession talks.
This came just after a draft of the summit statement, prepared by the Dutch EU presidency, was leaked to the press. This set a strict framework for negotiations, called for de facto Turkish recognition of Cyprus and provided for suspension of talks with Ankara if a third of EU members decides that Turkey has gone back on reform pledges."
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