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Turkey wants Brussels to put more pressure on Cyprus to move forward with peace talks over the divided island (Photo: EU Commission)

Turkey EU accession talks inch forward

The European Union agreed to open talks on two policy areas of Turkey's 35-chapter accession package on Friday (19 December), bringing the overall number of chapters open to ten. Turkey, for its part, urged the 27-nation bloc to pressure Greece over the divided island of Cyprus.

"The European Union has a very heavy responsibility to assume. That is to say that the Greek part of the island, which is today a part of the EU, must be strongly encouraged to move towards a durable and com...

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Turkey wants Brussels to put more pressure on Cyprus to move forward with peace talks over the divided island (Photo: EU Commission)

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