Will The Partition Of Cyprus Be Permanent, Or Is Peace And Reunification Possible?
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After April, the next phase of the dispute could be hostile partition.
Is it not a paradox, Greek Cypriot President Demetris Christofias asked in full rhetorical flight before the United Nations General Assembly last month, that Turkey should now have a seat on the U.N. Security Council? The apparent contradiction, of course, being that Turkish troops have occupied one third of Mr. Christofias’s Mediterranean island country—a European Union member no less—for 35 years, despite U.N. resolutions demanding their withdrawal.
This is indeed an anomaly. But so is the fact that it was the Greek Cypriots in 2004 who opposed, and the Turkish side that supported, the U.N. plan that would have seen almost all those troops withdraw.
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20 years after Berlin Wall fell, Nicosia remains divided — AFP
Rival Cypriot leaders fail to make progress on property issue — China View
Turkey needs military rethink over Cyprus – Greece — Reuters
New Greek Prime Minister is making Cyprus peace a priority — Deutsche Welle
Cyprus and ‘Chosen Trauma’ — H.D.S. Greenway, new York Times editorial
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