"Cyprus warns it could veto Turkey's EU talks
10 December 2004
NICOSIA: Cyprus has upped the ante in its demands for recognition from Turkey, warning its European Union partners it may otherwise veto the start of accession talks with Ankara, local newspapers reported.
The warning that Nicosia may 'have no other option' but to use its veto at a December 16-17 summit of EU heads of state was issued at a meeting of the EU ambassadors of the bloc's 25 member countries in Brussels on Wednesday.
Cyprus' EU representative warned that Nicosia 'may be pushed down a path it does not want to take' if Ankara refused to recognise it, the Cyprus Mail newspaper reported from Brussels. Other dailies carried similar reports.
Turkey is resisting calls to recognise Cyprus before the summit, which will decide whether to launch EU entry talks with Ankara. "
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