Cyprus tells Turkiye to Drop Two-State demand if it Wants Progress on EU Membership Bid – The Cradle

 Cyprus tells Turkiye to Drop Two-State demand if it Wants Progress on EU Membership Bid
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Cyprus said today that Turkiye must abandon its push for a two-state arrangement on the divided island if it wants to advance its long-frozen bid to join the EU.

Speaking in Berlin after meeting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said Ankara’s stance on Cyprus remains a major barrier to its EU aspirations. He also argued that Turkiye should not receive access to the bloc’s defense fund.

Merz said Christodoulides had asked for Germany’s help in trying to break the stalemate over Cyprus and highlighted Berlin’s close ties with Ankara.

“We discussed various options for how this could be achieved,” Merz told reporters at a joint press conference. “We discussed a very concrete proposal, which I received with interest, and that we could take a step in this direction during the Cypriot presidency. I expressed the German government’s readiness to actively participate in this process.”

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