"EU presses Turkey over reforms, but says talks on trackDocument Actions Abdullah Gul, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister - Photo Council of the European Union26/04/2005
The European Union urged Turkey Tuesday to press ahead with implementing key reforms needed to meet EU standards, but reassured it that plans to start membership talks in October remained on track. The EU's presidency said notably it wass confident the vast Muslim country would sign an accord extending a customs union with the EU to include 10 states which joined the bloc last year, including the divided island of Cyprus. "
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