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Independent (19 March 2025)

Jack Straw

To me, the answer to this issue is simple, writes former foreign secretary Jack Straw. Fresh thinking is required to excise this tumour from the body of Europe

This week, a meeting between the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the Republic of Cyprus(*), alongside the guarantor powers of Greece, Turkey and the UK, is due to take place in Geneva under the backing of United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres.

This marks the second round of discussions since the 2017 Crans-Montanatalks, where negotiations fell apart after the Greek-Cypriot side negotiated in bad faith and walked away from a compromise. 

(*) AVİM uses "Cyprus" as a geographic name. AVİM considers the expression "Republic of Cyprus" to mean the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus.

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