BRUSSELS, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) foreign ministers agreed on Monday to partially freeze accession talks with Turkey as Ankara still refuses to normalize trade with Cyprus, an EU member. The EU foreign ministers agreed unanimously that eight of the 35 chapters of the negotiations will be frozen. The rest of the chapter can go ahead, but shall not be concluded until Turkey opens its seaports and airports to Cypriot traffic. The eight chapters to be frozen are free movement, finance, agriculture, fishery, transport, customs, foreign policy and services trade.
The ministers agreed, however, that the eight chapters can be unfrozen once the conditions are met.
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