EU says seeks partial suspension of Turkey talks

BRUSSELS, Nov 29 (Reuters) The European Commission confirmed it had recommended today a partial suspension of Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union over its failure to open its ports to traffic from Cyprus.

The EU executive has proposed freezing talks on eight of the 35 policy areas or ''chapters'' into which the accession talks are divided, the EU executive said in a statement.

It also said no chapters would be ''provisionally closed'' until Turkey fully implemented commitments to open its ports to traffic with Cyprus.

The recommendation came after talks brokered by the EU's Finnish presidency on the Cyprus trade issue failed on Monday.

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