EU foreign ministers have given a hard-fought green light to the opening of the first chapter in Turkey's accession talks, following hours of last-minute opposition by the Cypriot delegation.
During a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday (12 June), the Cypriot foreign minister, George Iaocovou, gave the go-ahead to open and close the first chapter of the bloc's talks with Turkey which deals with science and research, an area with almost no EU legislation.
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