Customs Union With TRNC Is Pending

The government suspended the implementation of this agreement, which aimed to remove the international embargo imposed on Turkish Cypriot goods. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul assured the Ambassadors of EU countries that the agreement would not be implemented.

Upon the appeal of Greek Cypriots, EU had reacted to the agreement, which was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener and TRNC Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Denktas – The son of President Rauf Denktas – at the beginning of August. Gul did reportedly not approached warmly to this agreement just from the beginning in terms of relations with EU. At the end he assured EU Ambassadors that the agreement would not be forwarded to Parliament.