Fidan again blames Cyprus for EU-Turkey customs union deadlock

For the second time this week, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan blamed the Greek Cypriot side for obstacles in relations between Turkey and the European Union, arguing that Nicosia’s position is preventing progress on the modernisation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union despite agreement between Ankara and Brussels.

In an interview with CNN Turk, Fidan referred to the contacts held in Ankara by a high-level European Union delegation comprising three commissioners....