06 06 13 - ANKARA THREATENS TO REFUSE FROM PARTICIPATION IN EU-TURKEY TALKS

12.06.2006 16:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey will not take part in the EU-Turkey meeting to be held in Luxembourg on Monday if Cyprus's initiative on blocking the opening of talks over some issues is accepted, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated. "We will not depart to Luxembourg if 24 EU Foreign Ministers approve Cyprus's initiative," Erdogan told reporters in Monday.

Last Friday EU member state Cyprus blocked the opening of talks on Turkey's accession to the European Union by a demand to fulfill the additional protocol to the Customs Union, which provides for the
opening of air and sea ports in the Republic of Cyprus during 2006, reported Gazeta.ru.

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