Turkish Cypriot leader disappointed with EU

Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat is disappointed with the European Union for using Cyprus as an argument against Turkey's possible accession to the 27-nation bloc, he told an Austrian newspaper on Thursday.
"The EU is partly responsible for the growing indifference to reunification and also for the increasing support for my opponents who favour a different solution," Ali Talat said in an interview with the daily Wiener Zeitung ahead of Sunday's presidential election in the Turkish north of the island.
"The EU has not kept its promise to reduce the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots. There are still no direct flights or trade."
Turkey hopes reunification talks between the halves of the island divided since 1974 will clear the way for negotiations with the European Union on several policy issues stalling Turkey's EU membership bid.