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Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Freeze EU Turkey talks if no Cyprus move -Juncker

"Freeze EU Turkey talks if no Cyprus move -Juncker

PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union should freeze membership talks with Turkey if Ankara does not open its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus this year, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker was quoted on Thursday as saying.

It was the clearest signal so far that some leaders will seek a complete halt to the negotiations if Turkey does not fulfil its obligation to extend its EU customs union to all new member states, including Cyprus, which it does not recognise."

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