Pregovori o pristupanju su djelimično usporeni time što Turska odbija otvoriti svoje luke i aerodrome prevoznicima s Kipra dok se ne riješi pitanje ekonomske izolacije kiparskih Turaka. (Novinska agencija Anadolu, Hurriyet, AFP, DPA, AP - 21/04/09)
Accession talks slowed, in part, because Turkey refuses to open its ports and airports to Cypriot carriers until the economic isolation of Turkish Cypriots is addressed. (Anadolu news agency, Hurriyet, AFP, DPA, AP - 21/04/09)