Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Hürriyet - EU head Finland signals support for partial shelving of Turkish talks

"EU head Finland signals support for partial shelving of Turkish talks

EU term president Finland has announced that it supports the shelving of part of Turkey's membership accession talks, as suggested by the EU Commission last week. Speaking today, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said that he backed the EU Commission's recommendations as a result of Turkey's failure to comply with additional protocol measures calling for it to open air and sea ports to Southern Cypriot trade. "

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