Turkey signs customs accord

Turkey has signed an accord extending its customs agreement with the European Union to Cyprus and other new EU members, in a key step towards opening membership talks with the bloc – but stressed its signature was not recognition of the Cypriot government.

Turkey has signed an accord extending its customs agreement with the European Union to Cyprus and other new EU members, in a key step towards opening membership talks with the bloc – but stressed its signature was not recognition of the Cypriot government.

Britain, which holds the EU presidency, sought to downplay Ankara’s non-recognition of island nation’s government. The agreement “is not about recognition (of Cyprus). It is about signing a customs accord,” said a British diplomat.

The treaty was signed in Brussels by the British and Turkish envoys to the EU.

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