EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn has urged Turkey to open its ports and airspace to Cypriot ships and planes, if it wants to proceed smoothly with membership talks.
Ankara agreed to extend a customs union agreement to the EU's new member states, including the divided island of Cyprus, before officially launching membership talks last October.
Following the first EU "troika" meeting on Turkey this week, commissioner Rehn said "We have kept our word and opened up accession nego...
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