Article 5MDKM Erdoğan plan to unilaterally revive Cyprus ‘ghost town’ condemned by EU

Erdoğan plan to unilaterally revive Cyprus ‘ghost town’ condemned by EU

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Diplomat warns of law breach as Turkish president promotes two-state solution for island and scheme for abandoned town Varosha

The EU's foreign policy chief has criticised Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, for his statements while reopening the town of Varosha in Cyprus.

On Tuesday the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said plans announced by Erdoan and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, to further open the former resort, abandoned since Ankara's invasion of the island in 1974 and viewed as a ghost town, constituted an unacceptable unilateral decision".

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