"EU Fails to Approve Turkey Declaration, Threatening Entry Talks
Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- European Union governments failed for the third time this month to overcome a split over Turkey's refusal to recognize Cyprus, imperiling plans to start membership talks on Oct. 3.
Diplomats from the EU's 25 nations remained deadlocked today in Brussels over a response to Turkey's diplomatic boycott of Cyprus, which joined the bloc last year. The dispute is distracting EU attention from a negotiating plan for Turkey that needs the backing of all member nations.
``We have not yet reached a consensus,'' Jonathan Allen, a spokesman for the British government, current holder of the EU's rotating presidency, said by telephone in Brussels today. Negotiations will resume Sept. 21."
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