"Cypriot threat to Turkey's EU deal
Helena Smith in Ankara
Monday December 20, 2004
The Guardian
Turkish euphoria at last week's historic decision to open talks on EU accession was tempered yesterday when Cyprus warned that it could still veto membership.
Less than a day after the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was feted for returning with a deal from Brussels, the Greek Cypriot leader threatened to derail the process if Ankara did not expand its customs union with the EU to include the island.
'The Republic of Cyprus has the right not to consent to the start of the entry talks,' President Tassos Papadopoulos said in a televised address. "
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