The foreign ministry of northern Cyprus, a state recognized only by Turkey, on Thursday accused the European Union of prolonging the isolation of Turkish Cypriots, dismissing the European Commission’s references to dialogue and past commitments to end restrictions as a “false impression” of progress. The ministry accused the EU of taking no concrete steps to […] The post Turkish Cypriot foreign ministry accuses EU of prolonging isolation appeared first on Turkish Minute.
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The foreign ministry of northern Cyprus, a state recognized only by Turkey, on Thursday accused the European Union of prolonging the isolation of Turkish Cypriots, dismissing the European Commission’s references to dialogue and past commitments to end restrictions as a “false impression” of progress.
The ministry accused the EU of taking no concrete steps to end restrictions on Turkish Cypriots, saying the bloc was preserving an “unjust status quo” and yielding to vetoes by the Greek Cypriot side.
The dispute follows Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman’s account of a European Commission reply…
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