Turkey continues to move further away from the European Union and its accession negotiations “therefore effectively have come to a standstill and no further chapters can be considered for opening or closing”, according to the conclusions on enlargement adopted on Tuesday by the General Affairs Council (GAC) in Brussels.
In the section of the conclusion regarding Turkey, the Council calls on the country to “stop all threats and actions that damage good neighbourly relations, normalise its relations with the Republic of Cyprus and respect the sovereignty of all EU Member States over their territorial sea and airspace as well as all their sovereign rights, including inter alia the right to explore and exploit natural resources, in accordance with EU and international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)”.
Source: Cyprus News Agency