Deadlock in Cyprus

Turkey refused to give up its right to intervene in Cyprus under the 1960 agreement, or to withdraw the 35,000 soldiers it keeps stationed in the TRNC. So the deal collapsed, and it will be a long time before anybody tries again. If ever.
LONDON, ENGLAND—There is only one village in Cyprus where Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots live side by side. It’s called Pyla, and the only reason that the two ethnic groups there continue to live together is that it’s in the United Nations Buffer Zone that separates the Republic of Cyprus...

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