Monday, December 11, 2006

Bloomberg.com: Turkey Battles to Avert Partial Freeze of EU Talks

"Turkey Battles to Avert Partial Freeze of EU Talks

By James G. Neuger and Mark Deen

Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey battled to head off the suspension of its European Union entry talks as pressure mounted on the Turkish government to end a diplomatic standoff with EU member Cyprus.

EU foreign ministers pressed Turkey to go beyond last week's offer to open a seaport and an airport to traffic from the Greek Cypriot state, which joined the EU in 2004 without the Turkish-controlled part of the island."

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