Turkey warns of freezing ties with Cyprus EU Presidency

EurActiv reported Turkey's European Union minister Egemen Bağış saying on the 13 July 2012 that Ankara might freeze relations with the rotating EU Presidency if Cyprus assumed the post in July 2012 without a solution to the island's division.

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