NICOSIA: Cyprus on Tuesday harshly criticised plans by a Turkish Cypriot politician to re-open parts of an abandoned holiday resort to the public, saying it ran contrary to international law.
Nicosia said it would seek recourse to the United Nations Security Council and raise it with its EU partners.
Earlier Tuesday Ersin Tatar, prime minister of breakaway northern Cyprus, said parts of the beach section of fenced-off Varosha would re-open after being sealed shut for more than 46 years.
Varosha was a predominantly Greek Cypriot suburb of the town of Famagusta on Cyprus’s eastern coast. It was abandoned by thousands in a 1974 Turkish invasion triggered by a brief Greek inspired coup.
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