BRUSSELS - European Union Commission recommended on Wednesday partial suspension of entry talks with Turkey over the Ankara's insistence on not opening its airports and harbors to traffic from the Greek Cypriot administration until resolution of Cyprus issue.
The Commission said that talks on 8 of the 35 policy areas or "chapters" relating to such matters as the free movement of goods, financial services, agriculture, fisheries, transport policy, customs union policy and external relations issues, should be suspended.
EU executive body also said that other chapters could be opened but the provisional closing of these chapters would hinge upon Turkey's fulfillment to open its airports and harbors to Greek Cypriot traffic.