Cyprus Opens Two New Vehicle Crossings After Decade of Division
Rival leaders agree to open crossing points across the UN buffer zone, a rare move on the island split since 1974.
The rival leaders of Cyprus agreed on Monday to open two new crossing points for vehicular traffic along a U.N.-controlled buffer zone, the first such development in nearly a decade.
Cyprus, an ethnically split island, has been divided since 1974, when Turkiye invaded and seized the northern part after a Greek-led coup.
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The Washington Times
Ethnically split Cyprus' rival leaders agree to 2 more crossings across island's dividing line
The rival leaders of the ethnically split island of Cyprus agreed on Monday to open two new crossing points for vehicular traffic along a U.N.-controlled buffer zone in the first such development in nearly a decade.
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Cyprus rivals agree new crossings across island’s dividing line
The island has been split since 1974, when Turkiye invaded and seized the northern part after a coup by the Greeks.
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- The rival leaders of Cyprus agreed on Monday to open two new crossing points for vehicular traffic along a U.N.-controlled buffer zone.
- It is the first such development in nearly a decade, according to The Washington Times.
- Cyprus has been split since 1974.
- In 1974, Turkiye invaded and seized the northern part of the island after a coup by the Greeks, according to Al Jazeera.
- Cyprus is an ethnically split island.
- A U.N.-controlled buffer zone runs along the island's dividing line.
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