Thursday, March 17, 2016

Cyprus President Plans to Veto EU-Turkey Deal

 
Cyprus will veto a planned EU-Turkey deal on refugees unless Ankara recognises the country’s Greek Cypriot government, President Nicos Anastasiades told euronews in an interview on Thursday.

Last week, Germany brokered a deal with the Turkish government that would see migrants who reach Greece from Turkey sent back.

The draft agreement says that for each Syrian returned, a Syrian in Turkey would be resettled in an EU country.

In return, the EU says it will look to speed up Turkey’s EU membership talks and could offer up to 6 billion euros in financial aid for Syria refugees in Turkey. 

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Source: Euronews

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