Cyprus may veto EU deal on refugees as Turkey insists on EU entry talks

A new threat to an agreement on migrants with Turkey has arisen with Cyprus’ Foreign Minister saying they may veto any deal when EU leaders meet next week in Brussels.

Just half the divided island is part of the EU and despite recent optimism that they would agree a deal with the Turkish part, they are now firing a warning shot about the pending migrant agreement.

There was hope during Monday’s emergency meeting with Turkey that the Cypriot issues would not intervene, but now Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has said that they may maintain their long-time objection to the reopening of negotiations on Turkish membership.