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Olli Rehn says Turkey's EU obligations and the Cyprus issue are not linked (Photo: European Commission)

EU and Turkey in limbo over Cyprus issue

Turkey's chief EU negotiator, Ali Babacan, has said there are "different views" between Ankara and Brussels on the Cyprus issue, after holding talks with EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn in Brussels on Thursday (19 May).

Turkey last summer signed the so-called Ankara protocol extending a customs agreement with the EU to the bloc's "new" member states including the Republic of Cyprus.

The signing was a precondition for the opening of EU entry talks with Ankara in October, m...

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Olli Rehn says Turkey's EU obligations and the Cyprus issue are not linked (Photo: European Commission)

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