Turkey Opening One Port And One Airport For Cyprus

The EU is studying an offer by Turkey to open one port and one airport to traffic from Cyprus, reports Reuters.

The European Commission said the move, if confirmed, was "an important step" towards breaking the deadlock over Turkey's EU membership application.

But Turkish officials say Ankara's position has not changed - the EU must first end the economic isolation of Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus.

EU foreign ministers are to discuss Turkey's troubled bid on Monday. If they fail to reach a common position, it could be up to heads of government to decide at a summit on 14-15 December.

Last week, the European Commission recommended freezing eight of the 35 chapters in Turkey's EU accession negotiations, because of a failure to make headway over Cyprus.

By Armenian Public Radio

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Posted December 8th, 2006 by ruzik_tuzik

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