UN official minutes on the high-level assembly on divided Cyprus in Crans Montana in 2017 reveal that the presence of Turkish troops in a reunited island was an unnegotiated precondition for Turkey.
That is what Philenews reported on Friday, reprinting an important paragraph included within the UN Secretary Common Antonio Guterres’ recently-released minutes.
“The Alliance Treaty could possibly be structured as a brand new Treaty, however ought to embrace provisions for the everlasting presence of Turkish troops. Zero troops was a pink line for Turkey,” it mentioned.
The phrase was a part of one through the assembly of Guterres with Turkish Overseas Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu.
The assembly of the 2 officers happened on July 6, 2017, at 1 p.m. (native time) within the Swiss resort.
That’s, the assembly happened earlier than the notorious dinner which noticed the tip of the negotiations aiming to reunite the island below a bizonal bicommunal federation.
Cyprus is split since 1974 following an invasion by Turkey which nonetheless maintains troops within the breakaway north.
Turkey has tried accountable Nicosia over the collapse of one more effort by the United Nations to reunite the island.