Turkey blames Cyprus for blocking EU customs union upgrade

Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday accused Cyprus of blocking efforts to modernise the customs union between Turkey and the European Union, despite what he described as strong support from the vast majority of EU member states.

Speaking at a joint press conference in Ankara with Kyrgyz foreign minister Jeenbek Kulubayev following the seventh meeting of the Turkey-Kyrgyzstan Joint Strategic Planning Group, Fidan addressed Turkey’s relations with the EU, the Cyprus issue, the...