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Turkey’s Erdogan, Cyprus president see different paths for divided island

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides bows in front of a monument erected in memory of soldiers killed in 1974 when Turkey captured and occupied the northern part of the divided island [Iakovos Hatzistavrou/AFP]

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was in northern Cyprus to mark 50 years since the invasion by Turkish forces, has said he sees no point in continuing United Nations-led negotiations on the Mediterranean island’s future.

“We believe that a federal solution is not possible in Cyprus. It is of no benefit to anyone to say let’s continue negotiations where we left off in Switzerland years ago,” Erdogan said in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Saturday.

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