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Cyprus peace process

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The Cyprus peace process refers to negotiations and plans aimed at resolving the Cyprus Problem.

History

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The peace efforts had begun around the time of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, which split the multiethnic Republic of Cyprus into the Turkish-majority north and the Greek-majority south. The north later declared independence as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, although Turkey is the only United Nations (UN) member to recognise this. A ceasefire has been in place ever since, but a permanent solution has not been agreed to, and UN peacekeepers still operate a buffer zone between the two regions.[1]

Approaches

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There are two major approaches to resolve the Cyprus dispute: the reunification of Cyprus into a single state (as attempted in the Annan plan) and the two-state solution, which would legalise the current status quo. The majority of the international community supports the reunification of Cyprus into a single state, as does the Republic of Cyprus.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ James Ker-Lindsay. Resolving Cyprus: New Approaches to Conflict Resolution. p110. "During the presentations the visiting group made a number of suggestions for improving the current style of the Cyprus Peace Process..."
  2. ^ Xypolia, Ilia. "Are the Cyprus reunification talks doomed to fail again?". The Conversation. Retrieved 6 July 2017.