Turkey: EU should not admit Cyprus without a settlement

As the Copenhagen summit nears, where the EU leaders will decide the fate of Cyprus, Turkey is stepping up pressure not to admit the divided island before a settlement is reached. The EU's position is that an agreement is not a precondition for the country's EU accession. But if the EU goes ahead with this strategy, it risks harming its relations with Turkey.

The Turkish Ambassador to the EU, Oguz Demiralp, told the EUobserver that if only the Greek part of the island were to accede to ...