German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkey Monday that its membership talks with the
European Union did not guarantee accession and urged it to grant trade privileges to EU-member
Cyprus.
"The rules of the game have changed" since Turkey first applied to become a member of the bloc five decades ago, Merkel said through an interpreter after talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"The (accession) negotiations are an open-ended process. We should now pursue this open-ended process," she added, suggesting that Turkey's integration with the bloc does not have to be full membership.
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