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Europe minister Omar Celik will meet EU foreign ministers later this week. (Photo: eu2016sk/Flickr)

EU warns Turkey over 'threat' to Cyprus

The EU warned Turkey on Monday (12 February) to refrain from any "threat" against Cyprus, after a Turkish vessel prevented an Italian ship from reaching a drilling zone for gas off the Cypriot coast.

"Turkey needs to commit unequivocally to good neighbourly relations and avoid any kind of source of friction, threat, or action directed against a member state," a European Commission spokeswoman said in Brussels.

She insisted that Turkey's behaviour "damages good neighbourly relation...

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