Britain has offered to hand over half of its sovereign land in Cyprus in an effort to broker a peace deal between Greek and Turkish cypriots, the UN has said. The offer "would be conditional on a comprehensive agreement being agreed by the leaders of the two communities and then accepted by a majority of their populations," the UN said in a statement on Tuesday. The deal, which would see 45 square miles handed over, would then be formally ratified by both sides, it continued. Britain retains three per cent of territory on Cyprus, which was a colony until 1960.
Britain has offered to hand over half of its sovereign land in Cyprus in an effort to broker a peace deal between Greek and Turkish cypriots, the UN has said.
The offer "would be conditional on a comprehensive agreement being agreed by the leaders of the two communities and then accepted by a majority of their populations," the UN said in a statement on Tuesday.
The deal, which would see 45 square miles handed over, would then be formally ratified by both sides, it continued.
Britain retains three per cent of territory on Cyprus, which was a colony until 1960.
When will the colonial mentality die?
