"EU presses Turkey on customs deal
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - The European Union pressed Turkey yesterday to keep its word and extend a customs accord to cover 10 new EU countries, including Cyprus, if it wants to start EU entry talks as planned.
Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, whose country presently holds the EU's rotating presidency, implied that a refusal by Ankara to sign the accord could call into question October's planned starting date for EU negotiations.
�Turkey must sign the protocol (extending a customs union signed between the EU and Turkey in Ankara in 1963),� Juncker told reporters after talks with Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos"
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