EU Foreign Chief Wants Turkey to Close Varosha Beach on Cyprus

17-1-2021 Parikiaki Parikiaki Cool

EU Foreign Chief Wants Turkey to Close Varosha...

Speaking loudly and carrying a soft stick, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Turkey was wrong to open a beachfront at the abandoned resort of Varosha on the occupied northern third of Cyprus but nothing will be done about it.

That was ordered by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of October, 2019 elections to benefit his handpicked choice, hardliner Ersin Tatar, who unseated moderate Mustafa Akinci as the Turkish-Cypriot leader.

Tatar said he would do whatever Erdogan tells him and both have said they want two states in a permanent partition instead of reunification...

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EU Foreign Chief Wants Turkey to Close Varosha Beach on Cyprus

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