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Mr Papadopoulos' presidential palace - Cyprus is keen to secure concessions from Turkey (Photo: European Commission)

Cyprus digs in heels over EU-Turkey compromise

Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos has warned that his country will not "pay the price" for Finnish EU presidency efforts to avert a suspension of Turkey's EU membership talks.

"The Finnish EU presidency is exchanging ideas with all the interested parties so as to help Turkey fulfil its obligations towards Europe," he said on Thursday (19 October), according to AFP.

"This is a bid to help Turkey and certainly the Cyprus Republic cannot be called on to pay the price for this h...

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Mr Papadopoulos' presidential palace - Cyprus is keen to secure concessions from Turkey (Photo: European Commission)

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