Moscow is said to be in talks with both TRNC and Ankara on a possible flight path and inauguration of flights could also potentially mark a step toward Russia's recognition of the Turkish Cypriot state.
The military operation repelled the genocidal Greece-backed militias who were baying for the blood of Turkish Cypriots.
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has lost faith in the one-state solution as Greek Cypriots refuse to treat the Turkish Cypriots as equal partners, says Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertugruloglu.
Turkish Cypriot President Tatar has presented four proposals to the UN based on equal rights and "win-win principle" to work on hydrocarbons and renewable energy with the Greek Cypriot side.
Athens has long harboured ambitions to make Cyprus part of the Greek territory like Crete and other islands in the Aegean Sea, causing obstacles to resolving old territorial issues with Ankara, according to experts.
Türkiye's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar stressed that the country "prevented a massacre" in its 1974 peace operation after a Greek lawmaker accused Ankara of occupying the northern part of Cyprus.
Türkiye is ‘working to make everyone accept the sovereignty of the Turkish Cypriots,’ says Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
Maras had virtually become a ghost town as it remained cut off from the world for some 46 years until it was partially reopened to the public in October 2020.
Call for solidarity with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) at the International Seminar on Human Rights Violations Faced by Muslims.
Speakers at conference in Istanbul call for political will and comprehensive strategy to defeat the scourge of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate crimes.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and its principal backer Turkiye criticise UNSC for extending its peacekeeping mission on the divided island for six more months without seeking Turkish Cypriots' consent.
The facility will be built at a disused site at Dhekelia Garrison on island's eastern flank.
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