By Constantine Tzanos, Contributor Nuclear engineer, PhD July 7, 2017, marked the failure of another effort to solve the over 40-year-old problem of the division of Cyprus. Turkey, in defiance of the international law, refused to terminate its military occupation of Northern Cyprus.
The morning session of the Conference on Cyprus on the chapter of security and guarantees, presided over by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland is underway.
Demands by the Turkish side at the Geneva Conference on the Cyprus problem last January and onwards have led to difficulties in the UN-led peace talks, Deputy Government Spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos has said.