Prospects for Unification Talks in Cyprus
Prospects for Unification Talks in Cyprus

Author(s): Karol Wasilewski
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Geopolitics
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Cyprus; unification; talks; TRNS; EU; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: At the beginning of November, Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders met for the first time after the presidential election in the de facto state of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Politicians have declared their willingness to return to the reunification talks, but a compromise is unlikely. As a consequence, the new president of the TRNC, supported by Turkey, will strive to solve the Cyprus problem by creating two independent states. This poses a serious challenge to the European Union, which advocates the unification of Cyprus as a federal state.

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