"Turkey, EU Agree on Protocol Extending Trade Pact to Cyprus
March 29 (Bloomberg) -- The European Commission said it had received a letter today from Turkey agreeing to extend a free trade accord with the European Union to include Cyprus and the nine other members that joined in May.
The Turkish government needs to sign the agreement by Oct. 3 in order to start membership talks with the 25-member EU on that date.
Turkey's signature of the customs accord won't mean a ``legal and formal recognition'' of the divided island of Cyprus, Commission spokeswoman Krisztina Nagy told reporters today in Brussels. "
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