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EU Leaders Endorse Decision to Suspend Turkey’s Entry Talks
15.12.2006 17:39 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ European Union leaders have formally endorsed on
Friday the conclusions of Monday`s foreign ministers meeting which
agreed to partially freeze Turkey’s membership talks due to Cyprus
standoff, ABHaber reports.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said all 25 leaders
support the decision unanimously to slow down talks with Turkey over
its reservations to honor a pact to open its ports and airports to EU
member Greek Cypriot administration. Ankara refuses to open its ports
to EU member the Greek Cypriot administration and is asking the EU to
first end the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots.