Last Updated On: Apr 27 2021 01:57 Gmt+3
Is it possible to expect any concrete results from the informal Cyprus meeting that is being held in Geneva this week?
The Turkish Cypriot side has begun to play a new political game on the island, backed by Turkey’s insistence that the Cyprus problem can no longer be solved on the basis of a United Nations bi-zonal, bi-communal model. It is returning to the maximalist thesis of the 1990’s.
Meanwhile, the decision of the Greek Cypriot-controlled Republic of Cyprus to sign natural gas and joint security agreements with Egypt, Greece and Israel and the opening of Paphos Airport for the use of French warplanes also constitute steps boosting political tension and making a solution less likely.