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Nobody is sure what exactly Turkey wants (Photo: European Commission)

Turkish surprise move confuses EU diplomacy

Turkey's last-ditch offer to open one port and one airport to Cypriot traffic appears only to have complicated EU efforts to find a common stance on the fate of Ankara's membership talks.

EU member states' representations in Brussels signalled confusion on Thursday (7 December) over a morning proposal from Ankara to start allowing trade from EU member state Cyprus, in a bid to avert a partial freeze of its EU membership negotiations.

The "unclear" language of the Turkish proposa...

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Nobody is sure what exactly Turkey wants (Photo: European Commission)

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