Raouna pledges to pursue ‘mutually beneficial relationship’ with Turkey

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna on Wednesday pledged that the Cypriot government will “pursue a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship” with Turkey during its six-month term as the holder of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency.

Addressing the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee (Afet), she said that relations between the EU and Turkey will progress “in a gradual, proportionate, and reversible manner”.

She went on to say that Turkey’s “progress in democracy...